Dasanjali Lesson 22

Warm up

• Warm up by singing S P S' as we always do.
• Practice S R G M P D N S' ... S' N D P M G R S from Lesson 5 and do the aakaar as well on your own.

Pancham Shruthi

Learn Raag Brindavani Sarang

• It is in Kafi Thaat and it is an afternoon raag.
• Note that it has the Shuddha N in the Aaroha and the komal n in the Avaroha. There is no Gandhar and no Dhaivat. All other notes in the raag are Shuddha notes as well.
• Learn and practice the Aaroha, Avaroha and Pakad.

  (Aaroha)     N,   S    R    M    P    N    S'
  (Avaroha)    S'   n    P    M    R    S
  
  (Pakad)      R M P n P    P M R N, S R S
  

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• Re-learn the short Marathi song (a.k.a. Marathi Abhang), Pandari Pandari that we learnt in Lesson 21.
• Re-learn the short bhajan, Darshana Dena Prana Piyare that we learnt in Lesson 21.

  Learn Gaja Vadana Beduve in Raag Bhoopaali

• First, practice the Aaroha and Avaroha and a short Aalaap of the raag from Lesson 5.
• Then, learn the song Gaja Vadana Beduve, preceded by a short sloka.

Madhyam Shruthi

• Raag Malkauns: Sing the song, Mai Gulam, from Lesson 13 and listen to its on-stage rendition as well.
  Caution: In the on-stage rendition of the song, the lower S starts on the 5th black key (a half-note higher than what we learn in the class) from the left on the virtual keyboard.