Yaman Kalyan is a
Hindustani classical
Hindustani classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions. It may also be called North Indian classical music or ''Uttar Bhartiya shastriya sangeet''. The term ''shastriya sangeet'' literally means classica ...
raga
A raga ( ; , ; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a musical mode, melodic mode. It is central to classical Indian music. Each raga consists of an array of melodic structures with musical motifs; and, fro ...
, related to
Yaman. The movement of this raga is like Yaman, except that in the descent, it gently touches the flat madhyam using the GmG pattern occasionally.
Description
Ustad Dhyanesh Khan used to say that the flat madhyam in Yaman Kalyan is like the beautiful face of a veiled woman that comes out of the veil occasionally but disappears behind it almost instantaneously.
As it is related to Yaman, it is a part of the
Kalyan thaat
Kalyan () is one of the ten basic Thaats of the Hindustani classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It is also the name of a Raag Raag may refer to:
* Raga, a melodic framework in Indian classical music
* ''Raag'' (film), a 2014 Assamese-la ...
.
Compositions
* Bhavayami GopalaBalam by
Annamacharya
Tallapaka Annamacharya () (09 May 1408 – 23 February 1503), also popularly known as Annamayya, was a Telugu musician, composer, and a Hindu saint. He is the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called '' samkirtanas.'' His devoti ...
Film Songs
Tamil
External Links
SRA on Samay and Ragas
Hindustani ragas
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