Abheri (pronounced ābhēri) is a raga in

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(musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a ''

Janya ''Janya'' is a term meaning "derive". In Carnatic (South Indian) music a ''janya raga'' is one derived from one of the 72 ''melakarta'' ragas (fundamental melodic structures). ''Janya'' ragas are classified into various types based on a varie ...

'' raga (derived scale), whose '' Melakarta'' raga (parent, also known as ''janaka'') is '' Kharaharapriya'', 22nd in the 72 ''Melakarta'' raga system. ''

Bhimpalasi Bhimpalasi or Bheempalasi (also known as Bhimpalas or Bheempalas) is a Hindustani classical raga. Raga Bhimpalasi belongs to the Kafi Thaat. Theory * Aarohana: * Avaroha: The raag has komal Ni and Ga. It is an Audava-Sampoorna jati raga, imp ...

'' (or ''Bheempalas'') and '' Dhanashree'' of

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sounds close to ''Abheri''.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras

Structure and Lakshana

Abheri is an ''audava-sampoorna'' raga. Its structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see '' swaras in Carnatic music'' for details on below notation and terms): * : * : The ''

swara Svara or swara (Devanagari: स्वर, generally pronounced as ''swar'') is a Sanskrit word that connotes simultaneously a breath, a vowel, the sound of a musical note corresponding to its name, and the successive steps of the octave or '' ...

s'' in this scale are ''Chathusruthi Rishabham, Sadharana Gandharam, Suddha Madhyamam, Chathusruthi Dhaivatham'' and ''Kaisiki Nishadham''. There are some differing views on swaras in the scale of Abheri. It is considered a ''Bhashanga'' raga (scale has an ''anya swara'', that is, a note which is not in the parent ''melakarta'' raga, in this case ''Kharaharapriya'' raga), with introduction of ''Suddha Dhiavatham'' (D1) in some phrases of the raga. A different view is that this raga is a ''janya'' of '' Natabhairavi'' (which has D1, ''suddha dhaivatham'', in place of D2), with D2 being the ''anya swara'' (external note). This raga is closer to Bageshri as for Bhagyasree Gandharam is sung softly. Thus a subtle difference of Gandhara makes a listener to feel this raga as Bhagyasree.

Popular compositions

*''Nagumomu Ganaleni'' By

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*''Bhajare Manasa'', ''Gokula Nilaya Kripalaya'' By

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*''Muraliya Nadava keli'', ''Karevaru Ba Manege'' By Vidyaprasanna Teertha in

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*''Vinabheri'' By

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*''Eshwari Rajeshwari'' By Muthaiah Bhagavatar

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Album

Popular Classical Albums on this Raagam

An excellent rendition of this Raaga can be found in one of L. Shankar Albums ''Raga Aberi''. He received a Grammy Nomination for this composition.

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam. ''Abheri's'' notes when shifted using '' Graha bhedam'', yields 3 other janya rāgams, namely, ''

Mohanakalyani Mohanakalyani is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a ''janya'' rāgam (derived scale) from the 65th ''melakarta'' scale Mechakalyani. It is a ''janya'' scale, as it does not have all the seven ''sw ...

'', ''

Kedaragaula Kedaragaula (pronounced kēdāragaula) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a ''janya'' rāgam (derived scale) from the 28th ''melakarta'' scale ''Harikambhoji'', and is sometimes spelled as Kedar ...

'' and ''

Arabhi Arabhi or Aarabhi (pronounced ārabhi) is a ragam (musical scale) in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music). It is a ''Janya'' raga (derived scale), whose ''Melakarta'' raga (parent scale, also known as ''janaka'') is '' Shankarabharan ...

'' (if we consider the Kharaharapriya-based scale). ''Graha bhedam'' is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the ''Shadjam'' to the next note in the rāgam. In case of ''Janya'' ragams, only notes that occur in both ascending and descending scale are taken for this change. For further details and an illustration of ''Graha bhedam'' refer ''Graha bhedam'' on ''Sankarabharanam''. Abheri has close resemblance to Karnataka—devagandhari and

. Whether they are essentially same is a matter of debate among the musicologists.

Notes

References

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