Darbari

Darbari Kanada, or simply Raga Darbari (pronounced darbāri kānada), is a raga in Carnatic music. It is a janya ragam (derived scale) of 20th Melakarta raga Natabhairavi. It is believed to be borrowed into Hindustani classical music by Miyan Tansen, the famous 16th-century composer in the Mughal emperor Akbar's court. It belongs to the Kanada family.It is believed that the Mughal emperor Akbar was very fond of this raaga hence often made Miya Tansen or Ramtanu Pandey sing this raaga in his court. This is reflected in the name itself; ''Darbar'' is the Persian derived word in Hindi meaning "court." As the most familiar raga in the Kanada family, it may sometimes also be called Shuddha Kanada or ''pure Kanada''. It belongs to the Asavari thaat. This raag is called raaga Kaanada in Yakshagana Karnataka state dance. It is also sometimes written as Durbari and Durbarikanada.''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras

In Hindustani classical music

In Hindustani music, Darbari follows almost its original style of singing from the Carnatic music. It is a grave raga, played deep into the night, considered to be one of the more difficult to master, and with the potential for profound emotional impact.

Darbari is a very serious raga and hence, slow and elaborate meend and andolan are generally more preferred than light and frivolous ornamentations like murki or khatka. The improvisation of Darbari is done more in the mandra saptak, or lower octave. The ascension of ''arohana'' is in the lower and middle octaves. In the ''avarohana'' the note Ga (''gandhar'') ''komal'' is used in a slow vibrato (''andolan'') on this note. Similarly, komal Dha is also used by Andolan. The Andolan of komal Ga and komal Dha add to the gravity of the raga. The association of the notes Ni and Pa sounds pleasing. Its Vadi swara is Re and Samavadi is Pa.

arohana: S R (R)g, (R)g M P d n S'

avarohana: S' d n P M P (M)g, (M)g M (S)R, S

For reference, the set of notes in the Asavari thaat is S R g M P d n, and for Darbari, the role of the ''komal gandhar'' is crucial, as is dwelling on the lower komal dhaivat for some time. Other ragas in the Kanada family include Abhogi Kanada, Shahana Kanada, and Adana (Adana is part of the Kanada Raga group).

Important recordings

* Amir Khan, Raagaas Maarwa and Darbaari, Odeon LP (long-playing record), ODEON-MOAE 103, later reissued by His Master's Voice as EMI-EALP1253, critically regarded as a benchmark for both Maarwa and Darbaari.
* Pt. D. V. Paluskar, Jhanak Jhanakva More Bitchuwa, Golden Milestones, D. V. Paluskar. This is actually closer to raag Adaana than Darbaari.
* East Atlanta rapper JID, samples the Darbaari raga on his song 151 Rum (song)

In Carnatic music

It is an ''ubhaya vakra sampurna'' rāgam derived from the 20th melakarta rāgam Natabhairavi.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications It is an extremely melodious raga. It can create extreme and unparalleled emotional impact. It is said to evoke feeling of sadness, longing and romance to listeners. Its ''ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa'' structure is as follows (see ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on the notations used):
* ārohaṇa :
* avarohaṇa :

This scale uses the notes ''chatusruti rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, kaisiki nishadham''.

Compositions in Carnatic music

*''Chandra chuda shiva shankara parvati'' by Purandara Dasa
*''Govardhana Giridhara'' by Narayana Teertha
*''Nee ninaindhal'' by Periyasaami Thooran
*''Paadodhi Kanyakaam'' by Kalyani Varadarajan
*''Devan ke pati Indra'' by Swathi Thirunal
*''Hari Tum Haro'' by Mirabai
*Thillana by Lalgudi Jayaraman
*Thillana by S. Kalyanaraman

Film songs

Language: Tamil

Language: Hindi

Language: Malayalam

Language: Telugu

See also

* List of Film Songs based on Ragas

Notes

References

External links

Film Songs in Rag Darbari Kanada

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