Raag Bhairav, Film songs & Arabic Music!

[@alapanchatterjee1]

Hi, Great video. Just one thing that I wanted to add, When we talk about Arabic tunes (perticularly the one you are talking about), I think it has more to do with Raag Basant Mukhari or Raag Hijaz than Bhairav or Ahir Bhairav. Infact, the name of Raag Hijaz is directly borrowed from it's Arabic counterpart Maqam Hijaz. Afaik, the tune was brought to India by none other than Amir Khusroo who initially named it as Hijaz. Later, it merged with two other raags, namely, Vakulabharanam from Carnatic and Komal Bhairav from Hindustani classical music and created a new raaga called Basant Mukhari. Just wanted to share this amazing fact with you all. However, you are doing an excellent work. Please keep it up🎉

[@devanshsumariya]

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[@AnujaK20]

Thank you!

[@jyotsnatewari9715]

Agree! Best teacher ever. No offence meant to my gurus

[@soumyadeepdutta3726]

Didi, I'm your very big fan. My concept of Raag and Thaat became lucid after watching your videos, around 4-5 years ago. Take love!

[@surendradesai9815]

What is her age n what fantastic knowledge this ung,, chulbuli ,cute child masters!! My salutes to her ,

[@Tariqkhan1967]

Raam teri ganga meli notes were not correct

[@dhanalakshmi9934]

Your passion and interest in subject is very reflecting in your young n shining eyes. And a conqueror's confidence. Good young lady. My Love for you.

[@grungus935]

Absolutely wonderful, as all your videos are. But as an Iranian musician, I do have a little comment. Hijâz(kâr)/Chahârgâh is central to Arabic/Iranian music much more in stereotype than in actual fact - it has become the symbol of the music of that region to foreign ears. It actually makes up a fairly small percentage of the working repertoire, and maqâm Bayâti/Shûr family (similar to Western minor, with a microtonally adjusted 2nd and sometimes 4th) is far more widely used in the musical culture. I've had the experience of playing Iranian music for mixed audiences - I can do 40 minutes in Shûr for the Iranians but the second I switch to Chahârgâh, all the white folks in the crowd light up, as if I've just remember how to play our own music.

[@AnujaK20]

Thanks for this comment! ✨

[@sunreetab]

Thanks for this insight! 🙏

[@swatikanitkarify]

Great information.❤

[@the_monsoon_diaries]

Fascinating comment.. thank you for sharing. A concept worth further exploring.. colonising music.

[@grungus935]

@@the_monsoon_diaries Exactly, there's an element of exoticism here. I think the reason this scale is so often used to represent the Arab and Persian worlds in the West is that it sounds relatively unfamiliar to Western ears while also being playable without microtonality. It's basically as 'Eastern' as the Western system can get, so it ends up becoming the stereotype.

[@vivek-placardcommunication9705]

प्रिय अनुजा, तुझे विडियो अत्यंत सुंदर व आकर्षक आहेत. जिथे आजकालची पिढी शास्त्रीय संगीताकडे पाठ फिरवत पाश्च्यात्त संगीतात मग्न होत असताना तू तुझ्या विलक्षण शैलीत भारतीय शास्त्रीय संगीताचा अभ्यास करून ते इतक्या सुंदर रीतीने लोकांपुढे सादर करतेस व ते अत्यंत श्रवणीय आणि दर्शनीय करतेस त्याबद्दल तुझं कौतुक करावं तेव्हढं कमी आहे. तू तुझ्या क्षेत्रात उत्तुंग यश कामावशीलच यांची मला खात्री आहे. भारतीय संगीतातील एक अतिशय नामवंत संगीतकार होशील यात काहीच शंका नाही. तुझ्या पुढील वाटचालीसाठी खूप खूप शुभेच्छा. - विवेक जोशी

[@vandanaabhade8885]

खरच

[@VV-lq4di]

Anuja Kamath - my first Internet/KZbin guru - still going strong. Another fantastic video.

[@harmonicamagictributetomrr7622]

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[@fakharu01]

I couldn't understand raaga bhairav in such a great manner before.. How amazing guru you are ❤ Stay blessed

[@jatinderpalsinghchahal961]

You are incredible in detailing raags information. Keep it up. You were absent for a while but your fans including me were always looking for you. ❤

[@vriksharaj]

Absolutely outstanding and a wonderful presentation.

[@javedayub4980]

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[@tasknaghar15]

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[@Gamer-xb1eo]

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[@UmerNazir]

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[@khyatishah9904]

Anuja Kamat..... very innovative, informative and interesting content.... you always give your best...love to watch your style of explanation...you are blessed with Saraswati... keep up the good work 😊

[@hanafromtunisia]

I've always felt that Raag Yaman and Maqam Al Bayyati are the most mesmerizing ones of both worlds 🖤🎼 and i think Bayyati is the most common in classical Arabic songs, mainly Egyptian.. which we call "Tarab" songs. Hijaz may be the most common one contemporarily

[@akhiljog1063]

I just fell in love with how this brilliant person compared Raags to food

[@RGaur80]

Anuja ji.. We love your honest efforts to connect Raagdari in Hindustaani Shastriya Gayan with the best of compositions used in indian cinema in a way that we all crave for more always..Salute to your sprit to connect threads and good luck for many more

[@regulus8518]

my current favorite is a marathi song apsara aali, it is also composed mostly in this raag

[@javedayub4980]

Your cutting edge talent that you can encompass world music and point out the unity in diversity. You can draw parallels with Muqam the Arabian scale and blues and contemporary pop music which points to your big vista and your pious free spirit who worships music as a true devotee and who is above sll kinds of prejudices and misinterpretations

[@world_musician]

Wonderful comparison! I play Sitar, Arabic Oud, and Turkish Saz so this topic is of supreme interest to me! One additional piece of info I can offer is that in Persian/Iranian music the Re and Dha notes in Chahargah (which is similar to Bhairav and Hijazkar) has microtonal placement which is sharper than hindustani komal re and dha. You can see Persian Setar has more frets than Indian Sitar to play these intervals. Also Maqam Zanjiran is equivalent to Raga Nat Bhairav not Ahir Bhairav. The intervals are the same but the starting note is sa instead of ma. Thanks for this nice discussion!

[@vandanasharma-ji8rt]

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[@arifmasih8080]

Kia bath hay etni Si Umar aur etni malumat God bless you

[@AadilMoosa]

Brilliant Anuja. Always so fantastic exploring these details. Honestly, a treasure of knowledge. Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@digvijaysinhsarvaiya9864]

Superb teacher. 🎉 Thnks a lot 🎉

[@Shayar-e-Ahle-Bait]

You have such a sweet voice and your singing knowledge is outstanding. I am highly impressed. God bless you bacchi.

[@Theddyfield]

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[@dastagiranwar147]

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[@themahsuman3424]

Dear I'm impressed.... Your presentation, deep analytical skill and super quality of imagination... la jawab.... Feeda ho gaya yaar... Wishing you all the best dear.

[@nitinnimkar1654]

Love you. Recent popular song in Marathi Cinema Natrang अप्सरा आली is also in Ahir Bhairav

[@AnujaK20]

Yes! Also ata valajale ki bara from same movie and majhiya mana (from ritu hirva album)

[@milindkulkarni1552]

We feel like it should go on and on and on....

[@AnujaK20]

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[@karthikalvandar]

Thanks for great content, Dakiya daak laaya,Sunta hai mera khuda songs are out of box and unexpected

[@Ramkabharosa]

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[@ramprasadkolur7015]

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[@asmashaikh-cs6se]

Beautiful voice. Enjoyed

[@mshaikh1]

What a beautiful voice this lady has!

[@dr.aditygudi5979]

Wonderful!! work in Raag Bhairav & the Arabic music flavour Tu Mujhe Kabool from Khuda Gawah also falls in this category I believe.

[@rajeshdevasthale]

Raag in easy way can explained none other than you 😊

[@dskalantri]

खूपच छान. मनमोकळेपणे कसा एखादा विषय मांडता येतो हे आज समजले. परमेश्वर उत्तरोत्तर प्रगती देवो.

[@suhasprabhu3898]

I loved this episode (just as so many other ones). Your approach, narration and singing are so conducive to draw the viewer into understanding of our precious heritage of Classical Indian music. More power to you young lady.

[@sarojmevada8488]

Amazing..I never heard about connection with bhairav and Arabian music..so very interesting episode.. thank you

[@trushitagadgil4520]

If you have learnt Raag Bhairav you can draw parallels with Arabic music. Swar are very similiar.

[@vinodkumarsinha8764]

Great job Anuja! You have provided conceptual approach to Raag Bhairav. Suddenly, this raag has turned interesting to me which I didn’t try to learn earlier. Thank you.

[@cpbhave]

Excellent presentation! Nice singing,appropriate content, easy and natural flow. keep it up!

[@Ramkabharosa]

As precious as a diamond, and brilliant like a star. O teacher, you are the best girl in this world, by far. .

[@wahab9700]

यह मेरा पहला वीडियो था आपका और मुझे बहुत ही अच्छा लगा आपका प्रेजेंटेशन और मुझे सब कुछ समझ में आई बात आपकी वेरी नाइस थैंक

[@lailaferdous3097]

Informative as well as entertaing video. Thank you so much.

[@padmanabhanvaidyanathan8667]

A wonderful,ecstatic and joyful musical experience,Anuja!I am totally in love with your style and awestruck by your knowledge!Greetings from a sincere admirer Vaidyanathan

[@soumyaramaswamy4133]

you are a sweetheart... with a very sharp sense of music.... love you!!

[@rishi1971]

Excellent. डाकिया डाक लाया, खुशीका पयाम कहीं, कहीं दर्द नाम लाया।

[@shrirangpatwardhan8074]

Namaskar. Thank you very much for a nice and interesting video on Rag Bhairav. I am a fan of great Lebanese singer Fairouz Rabbani and I have a great collection of her songs. In many of her songs the notes of this rag will be found, e.g. 1 - rama ila arbuda, 2 - kyaa nu ya habibi (same tune of Salilda's - mausam beetaa jaay) 3 - Vainun vainun 4 - bainuk baini asra 5 - Ya ana ya ana an vaiya (same like Salilda's itna na mujhse too pyaar bdha) etc.etc. The list will be too long. All these songs are on you tube, pl. listen. When I was in Bahrain, I have attended her live concert and met her personally. Now she is around 85 or 86. Regards, Shrirang Patwardhan

[@MumTabA]

Link plz this list

[@avi2125]

Very interesting and thanks for the info! Have you heard Marcel Khalife, another Lebanese great? By the way salil da's itna na mujhse tu pyar badha is based on a western composition anyways...

[@بحيرةالبجع-ب8ي]

thank you dear sir for your interesting in our great arabic singer Fairuz; as an arab fan of rafi sahab's songs and all old indian singers I can tell you that many of indian composers inspired their songs from arabs composers like brothers rahabani , farid al atrash , mohmmad abdelwahab, yes Fairuz's songs music are very common in indian songs like this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXaalIFrYpqdmKc salam from morocco

[@samraat3424]

Anuja ji, I do appreciate your presentation on Raag Bhairav and Ahir Bhairav, Hindustani, Carnataki and Arabic equivalents, and especially your singing of some relatively newer songs with Arabic flavor.

[@RahulDeoPhotography]

I'm so glad you are back.

[@ZestyBestie01]

your voice is soooo soothing ❤

[@farooq6200]

You have a great future. Keep it up. Keep going. Keep speaking about music.

[@AkhillurRehman]

Very interesting and soo chulbuli

[@javedayub4980]

Super explanation of the intricacies of Indian classical music and drawing ref to Arab and Iranian music I'm a humble student with zero understanding of notation. But I can sing Rafi songs to Mahdi Ghazal and thumri of Ustad bade Ghulam Ali I would thank Iranian musician for his input I would pay tribute to noble Madam.to show the evolution of Indian classical by the fusion of Muqam and Dastegah music of Iran That indicates with due respect to evolution of all human cultures. That Indian dhrupad steadily made a trans formation to Khayal having Iranian and Arabic influences Anuja jee can be the best judge and to do justice to the cultural truth for the victory of Music and humanity which is above religions and politics .

[@atarbusattud]

Simply mesmerising! I am a (music) layman who love music/songs etc. I did not understand a word of the musical grammar you explained in your video but I enjoyed every word you spoke therein with a "teen in love" fervour and subscribed your channel. Looking forward to watch your next video while trying to delve into the old ones.

[@vidyadhargondhali33]

How sweet voice you have mam..

[@rajeshmoremaths.337]

Hi Anuja madam, you are one of the best teacher.

[@123ambati]

You are brilliant. God bless you

[@lovepeaceenjoy]

❤ understanding 0 % 😮 Enjoying 100 % 😊 .......Love u dear🎉❤

[@Lucan1n1]

Ati sundar karyakram 🙏🌸

[@shishir1969]

What an episode. Prince of Persia was a favourite of mine. And because of this video Makam Hijaz kar

[@raghvendrapandey9162]

Do you know that your eyes are magical Also you information is just wonderful

[@abhisoni973]

So gya ye jahan from Tezab movie also has Bhairav notes.

[@sanjaymathur6052]

Amazing presentation by you in a very simplified mannar 👌👌👏👏🙌

[@KyooriousDesi]

Anuja don’t stop creating and posting your content - ever ! I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate this! Love your energy and keen observations! ❤ and ✌️

[@rizwanuddin8403]

Very nicely presented.. God bless you....

[@hariprasadvaghela167]

One of the best teacher ❤

[@saleemzaman2698]

Boht khubsurat awaz hy

[@amitgandhi2308]

Anuja 🎉congratulations you are doing good job by sharing knowledge of indian classical music 👌🙏

[@abubakrahsan84]

i love it ....the way u explained ...... hats off .... And of course Ahir Bherav is one of my favorite raags ..... but the information u gave about Arabic music is worth listening ...Stay bless ❤

[@addaeagantuk6691]

Bohot kuch sikhne ko milta hae aap ke videos se. Love from Kolkata 💖💖

[@jaysoni2918]

Wah... So nice.. Though i m not from music industry but i always like to listen music.. and you have wonderfully explained the concept.. really nice.. keep it up.. your presentation is very nice... I will never miss watching your videos.. for sure... Thank you.

[@nishantupadhyay01]

Wonderful description. Add - San Sanana(Movie: Asoka, Music: Anu Malik)

[@violaczermann-negyori5690]

Great video. Choli ke peechey sounds similar for me

[@kanhaiyaashtekar7185]

So happy to find this video and this channel. Impressive work Anuja... good wishes from Texas US

[@sheelavenkataraman5539]

Excellent 👍 Great video and so well done. God bless you for this endeavour

[@debolsengupta6720]

Arabian music and all other similar types are categorized as exotic scale.... In fact the base line in Byzantine scale... Or you can use phrygian dominant....

[@shyamalachalla5747]

Incredible efforts !! Amazing episode it is !!! Thankyou Anuja di ❤🎉

[@AdnanChishtiBanjoPlayer]

Bat karne me bhi Sur Lag rhe hai perfect ❤ Kitni Surili baatchit hai aapki

[@meenakachhap7513]

OMG!!! Aj pahli bar rag me pakad aur chalan ka matlab samajh aya! ❤

[@mrinalchowdhury243]

Good to see you in regular touch ma'am Thank you so much for these valuable information

[@tamaleesen2759]

Teri umeed tera intezar from Deewana is also based on Bhairav.

[@nasirkazmi8604]

Excellent 👌 Amir from karachi Pakistan

[@nasirkazmi8604]

🌹❤️

[@its_mritunjay]

Didi You Explained this one is in Very Simple Way , love to watch your Videos ❤

[@ashome7622]

What a pyaara voice ❤! Seems like these modern bollywood songs like Allah Duhai, Dard e disco are more arabic, didn’t know its using Bhairaav!

[@shridharkb]

Your voice is very good madam. Very good.

[@prakashseernani9826]

Absolutely interesting and valuable info. Amazing and your effort in multiple attempts in creating the content truly worth it. Appreciate your knowledge and sharing - video is collection worthy... a MUST share... Keep up the good (read that as great) work ...

[@rewatiishaligram88]

Waw.. you make this so easy to understand.. and your singing also very nice ❤

[@Swara_sinchana]

excelent video maam great....please keep it up........

[@mrkorgy]

Hi, from PAkIstan! I am still a die hard fan of " Prince of Persia ". Infact I bought my another new X.T PC (Extended Technology) just to play this game. I also noticed the Raag Bhairav inspired music of this beautiful game in 1990 which I used to play it on my keyboard. Thanks for bringing my nostalgic moments back. Best Regards

[@70morisika]

You r a genius. I don't understand music. But i enjoyed every moment of your video

[@rashmishah4788]

Out of the box learning!

[@hardeepaurora257]

U explain so beautifully 🥀dear

[@adityamohan1773]

Actually another interesting thing is, Maqams and Carnatic music are somewhat related. Even hindustani in that regard. Because all three music systems implement something called as a quarter tone. And quarter tones are a huge part on why middle eastern music sounds this particular way. In the example of Mayamalavagowla, the carnatic equivalent of bhairav raag, has quarter tones. Or atleast had quarter tones in earlier days. The rishab and dhaivat are flatter than the komal re and komal dha. That makes it super super similar to the middle eastern music scales. With our modern piano, harmonium tunings we cannot play the notes in between the C and C# so we had to let the quarter tones go.

[@mvbhaktha]

Absolutely mind blowing Madam hats off to your knowledge on our hindustani classical music you know them like the back of your palm - sashtang pranams to you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I am seeing your video after a very long time I don't know if you were on a hiatus. So nice to see you back, looking forward to more videos from you Madam. I wish and pray your channel hits more than a million subscribers soon 🙌🏼🙌🏼 I request everyone here to share this channel truly worth every second and there is so much to learn here 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Lastly you remind me of actor Mandira Bedi 😊😊 (may be because of your hair style)

[@veeramahidhara3999]

Since we are on the topic of commonalities in raags/chords in world music: There are some Japanese scales like Hirajoshi, Iwato and the In scale which use the same intervals as some of the Hindustani raags like Gunkali and Bairagi. In Korean Sanjo music, the most common scale is similar to Raag Shivranjani. Chinese music has a lot in common with Raag Durga too. Now these raags (Gunkali, Shivranjani, Durga) are great ideas for future videos for you to explore. Thank you as always. Best wishes :)

[@jatintrivedi5632]

Nice to hear about tivra R, G,Dha, Ni and komal M.

[@junaidakram-kg5ft]

DD AP lgay raho guru ji, Wash Kya baat hy.