Topic started by RG (@ 209-128-83-067.bayarea.net) on Mon Aug 7 17:20:14 .
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This thread is to discuss the different (complex) swara patterns that can be woven in Sindhubhairavi.
It seems there are very few phrases that cannot be accomodated by this raga. The kakali nishadam seems an unacceptable note, though.
Thanks for your inputs.

Responses:

• From: Nadopasaka (@ aappp26.buffnet.net) on: Mon Aug 7 17:54:01 EDT 2000
  
  It is interesting that there appear to be absolutely no krities in this raaga (sampurna janya of Naatakapriyaa) by the Trinity. There are also very few krities in the parent Naatakapriyaa. It admits of many semi-classical tunes and is often used towards the end of a Carnatic concert.
  
  
• From: RG (@ 209-128-83-067.bayarea.net) on: Mon Aug 7 18:40:06 EDT 2000
  
  Who is the composer of the famous Venkatachalanilayam?
  
  Although technically, this raga might have an arohana-avarohana, taking into account the complex patterns that it can accomodate, this might be a good example of a raga refuses to be confined by a straight-forward definition.
  Also the Hindustani counterpart of this raga, Bhairavi, seems to enjoy a more dominant presence on the concert platform.
  
  I would believe that the Carnatic Raga Kapi is also pretty close in terms of the complex swara patterns it can accomodate.
  
  
• From: Ramaprasad K V (@ 204.154.176.49) on: Mon Aug 7 20:27:56 EDT 2000
  
  By no means can Sindhu Bhairavi can be considered
  a janya of Natakapriya. Sindhu Bhairavi, taking
  its roots from Hindustani Bhairavi, can at best be
  described a janya of mELa 8, similar to its
  classification in Hindustani under Bhairavi that.
  However due to its anya svaras, I guess it is best
  to leave it alone than to bind with any janaka rAga.
  
  
  Venkatachala Nilayam is Purandara DaSsa's composition
  but I think the current maTTu was popularised
  by MLV.
  
  Natakapriya has some compositions. Dasharathe
  dayAsharadHe( Tyagaraja) has been rendered very
  nicely by U Srinivas in one of the Music Today
  releases. Another composition I have heard is
  'gIta vAdya natana nAtaka priye'. There is a kriti
  of Mysore Vasudevacharya also, but I can't recollect
  it now.
  
  Kapi and its anya svaras are once again are
  an influence of Hindustani kAFi
  
  Ramaprasad K V
  
  
• From: Ramaprasad K V (@ 204.154.176.49) on: Mon Aug 7 20:29:48 EDT 2000
  
  I forgot to mention in my prev post .. I think
  Kakali nishada also creeps in some sancharas in
  SB
  
  -Ramaprasad
  
  
• From: RG (@ 209-128-83-067.bayarea.net) on: Tue Aug 8 12:23:39 EDT 2000
  
  Would be certainly interesting to learn about a sanchara in Sindhubhairavi with a kakali nishada.
  
  Are there any more ragas that fall into this category which defy being confined to an arohana/avarohana?
  Anandabhairavi too has some rare prayogas, right?
  
  
• From: saketh (@ chem-pc-45.rutgers.edu) on: Wed Aug 9 09:37:51 EDT 2000
  
  Hi,
  
  I was listening to the thyagaraja's krithi "namo namo rAgavAya" (supposedly his first song), in Desiya thodi, by sudha ragunathan. Sounded very close to sindhubhairavi. does anyone know the scale (arohana and avarohana) for this raga?
  
  
• From: Nadopasaka (@ aeppp23.buffnet.net) on: Wed Aug 9 14:27:40 EDT 2000
  
  The first kriti of Tyagaraja is reportedly in Athana, 'Ela Nee dayaradu' according to V Raghavan. ( based on the Umayalpuram line of students )
  
  
• From: Narayanan (@ thor.powerware.com) on: Wed Aug 9 17:54:07 EDT 2000
  
  RG,
  Kakli nishadham in Sindhubhairavi comes in the prayoga
  Ni Sa Ri (Ri there is suddha rishabham). DK Jayaraman has rendered Gangadeeshwaram Sankaram.
  There I have heard in lines going as
  Senjatadharam shivam. IIRC something like
  
  "SenJatadharam Shi va ... m".
  ni ni ni ni ni* sa ri ni sa ri
  
  
• From: RG (@ 209-128-83-067.bayarea.net) on: Thu Aug 10 12:39:33 EDT 2000
  
  Narayanan, thanks very much for the insight.
  
  Any idea if there are any prayogas in Sindhubhairavi which includes the antara gandharam?
  It seems now, with the learning about kakali Nishadam that this raga can accomodate at least 11 notes out of 12. Is there any raga which can accomodate all the 12 notes?
  
  Thanks for any inputs.
  
  
• From: Ramaprasad (@ 204.154.176.49) on: Fri Aug 11 12:02:35 EDT 2000
  
  RG,
  
  Sindhu Bhairavi can stand a sparing use
  of Antara G also ! In fact in Hindustani system
  this rAga is called Dvadashi Bhairav since it
  can take all the 12 notes.
  
  -Ramaprasad K V
  
  
• From: Ravi Kiran (@ 202.9.150.26) on: Fri Aug 11 14:12:34 EDT 2000
  
  TNS has done a RTP in sindhubhairavi in one of his academy concerts.
  
  
• From: Ravi Kiran (@ 202.9.150.26) on: Fri Aug 11 14:18:55 EDT 2000
  
  TNS has done a RTP in sindhubhairavi in one of his academy concerts.
  
  
• From: Sundara Rajan (@ bgm-24-24-94-158.stny.rr.com) on: Fri Aug 11 19:46:31 EDT 2000
  
  Mysore Vasudevacharya's Naatakapriya composition is: "Idi samayamu brovaraada'. I have not heard any one sing this composition, though.
  
  
• From: Nadopasaka (@ ahppp46.buffnet.net) on: Fri Aug 11 21:49:03 EDT 2000
  
  I think I heard Ms. Vedavalli singing Idi Samayamu but the kriti went Idi samayamu brovaa, yadukula tilakaa... maybe not Ntkprya.
  
  
• From: Nadopasaka (@ adppp5.buffnet.net) on: Fri Aug 11 23:16:40 EDT 2000
  
  oops that is a ChayaNata of Tyagaraja Idi samayamura inakula tilakaa OK This ChayaNaata (from Vagadheeswari ) may have little to do with the HM ChaayaNaT, which is probably of Bilawal thaat.
  
  
• From: Narayanan (@ thor.powerware.com) on: Sun Aug 13 12:57:48 EDT 2000
  
  RG,
  The usage in which antaragandharam appears is something like
  "ga* Maa ri ga sa ri " etc. It is used sparingly.
  Ravi Kiran, I have the cassatte of TNS which you are refering to. Besides Sindhu Bhariravi he has sung Akshaya Lingam Vibho, Manasuloni and Shanka-Chakra(poornachandrika). I consider it as a gem
  
  
• From: Nadopasaka (@ aeppp16.buffnet.net) on: Sun Aug 13 18:18:47 EDT 2000
  
  A minor point. Probably a typing error above, but that should be 'akshaya linga vibho', got to watch out for the 'bhaashaanga' swaras.
  
  
• From: JayBee (@ 202.151.224.44) on: Thu Aug 24 19:42:32 EDT 2000
  
  There is a Sindhubairavi song sung by the Aalathur Brothers.
  Where can I get the lyrics for the song - 'Chandra sekhara, Iisaa,'?
  
  
• From: Vijaya (@ cx717786-a.omhan1.ne.home.com) on: Wed Aug 30 16:39:54 EDT 2000
  
  I think it goes like this. Please correct me.
  
  Chandrashekhara IsA
  SundareshwarA gowrIsA SenjadAdarA
  andIvaNanE shambhO
  aruLmukha nada swambhO
  chindai teera vandAi
  chidambarEsA kailAsAvAsA
  
  
• From: Ravi Kiran (@ 202.86.161.17) on: Thu Aug 31 13:16:21 EDT 2000
  
  STs "vishweshwara.." is another gem in SB.
  it was set to tune by SSI (source:'frontline' interview)
  
  
• From: JayBee (@ 202.151.224.8) on: Thu Aug 31 19:23:51 EDT 2000
  
  Sindu Bairavi was introduced to a few of us by Paapanaasam Sivan's 'VadhanamaE chandra bimbamO', sung by MK Thiyagaraaja Bagavathar..
  
  Here's an anecdote about that song.
  
  Paapanaasam Sivan had written the lyrics as 'Mugamadhu(mugam+adhu) chandra bimbamO'.
  
  MKT was rehearsing the song for the film.
  
  Along came the famous comedian N.S.Krishnan.
  
  As soon as MKT had sung the first line,
  
  'mugamadhu chandra bimbamO',
  
  he followed up immediately with,
  
  'Esu enna bimbamO?':-)
  
  
  
  
• From: JayBee (@ 202.151.224.8) on: Thu Aug 31 19:32:37 EDT 2000
  
  I forgot to add a rejoinder.
  This made Paapanaasam Sivan to change the first line into,
  'vadhanamE chandra bimbamO'.
  
  
• From: dr suvarna nalapat (@ ) on: Wed Nov 5 14:40:41
  
  The sindhubhairavi currently sung is janya of Thodi.Some also say that it is natabhairavijanya.Swathithirunaal,pattanam subramanyaiyer,thanjavoor sankarayyar,etc have some compositions in it.There is also a thillana to lalgudy jayaraman's credit,and bajare gurudaivam of balamuralikrishna.But there was another sindhubhairavi,of naatakapriyajanya in ancient times which was a madhyaraaga and it is not sung by musicians usually.The following are sindhubhairavi.kannane kandaayo,bhajare,smaram vaaram vaaram,,kalyanagopalam,ninnaye rathi entru,shanmugham bhaje,viswesware darsan kar,bhajabhaja maanasa,raamachandraprabhu,manathirkkukantha,karunai daivame,etc.This is a sankararaaga.used for minor classical songs.acording to dr s.ramanaathan sindhubhairavi was a janya from desyathodi.Naatakapriya is a raaga with the same notes as thodi except a chathusruthy daivatha and sindhubhairavi of ancient yore was sung like that.
  
  
• From: Lakshman (@ kit-max1-34.100.porchlight.ca) on: Wed Nov 5 16:00:34 EST 2003
  
  Ramaprasad:
  gItavAdya naTana is a composition of Tanjavur Shankara Iyer. Vasudevacharya's song idi samayamu has been rendered by Mani Krishnaswami on AVM 45B 1145 and by Mysore Nagamani Srinath on AVM 45B 1035.
  
  
• From: Lakshman (@ kit-max1-34.15.porchlight.ca) on: Wed Nov 5 19:41:00 EST 2003
  
  I did some searching and came up with the following information on the ArOhana/avarOhaNa of sindhubhairavi:
  10--MPDNGRGM/GRSNDPMGM (Balamuralikrishna)
  10--MPDNDSRGM/GRSNDPMGM (Abraham Panditar)
  10--MPDNSRGM/GRSNDPMGM (Nadamuni Panditar)
  10--MPDNSRGM/GRSNDPMGS (Sayidasan)
  10--MPDNSRGM/GRSNDPMG (T.A.Sambandamurti)
  8--SGMDNS/SNDPMGRS (S.Kalyanaraman)
  8--N*SGMPDNS/SND*PMGR*GMSRS (Vinai Shesha Iyer)
  
  Except for Abraham Panditar and Nadamuni Panditar, the other scales are provided with the song notations. Many other songs are in notation but no mELAs are mentioned or if mELAs are mentioned no specific scales are
  given.
  
  

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