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vadi Pa samvadi Sa
Open in the harmonium First taught in year 5 of a graded syllabus.
Poorvi thaat · komal Re Dha, tivra Ma
Ragas of Poorvi पूर्वी
· 3 ragas
Three ragas of Poorvi thaat, with komal Re and Dha and tivra Ma: Shree, Puriya Dhanashree and Poorvi, each written out to play.
Poorvi thaat lowers Re and Dha and raises Ma. This page holds three of its ragas, Shree, Puriya Dhanashree and Poorvi, each written as its ascent and descent with a button that plays it. They share most of their notes and differ in what they leave out and where they rest. Shree climbs without Ga or Dha and admits both only in a crooked descent; Puriya Dhanashree climbs with all seven, starting on the Ni below Sa. Shree rests on komal Re and Pa, Puriya Dhanashree on Pa and Sa. Sing Shree's ascent before the fuller one, or the Ga you have just sung will push its way in.
Puriya Dhanashree vadi Pa samvadi Sa
Shree vadi komal Re samvadi Pa
Shree and Puriya Dhanashree stay within the thaat's notes. The raga Poorvi climbs on the thaat's full scale but brings shuddha Ma into its crooked descent beside tivra Ma. It is year-four study; give the return a session of its own with both Ma keys ready, and leave the shuddha one alone when you sing the ascent again.
Check the two Mas first, then read the descent from the upper Sa. Poorvi leans on Ga with Ni as partner, a resting place besides its neighbours' Pa and komal Re. Hold Ga when the printed return reaches it, release the key and check that your voice stays put.
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Puriya DhanashreeSsamvadiRGMPvadiDN
The twelve notes of an octave, drawn with Sa on a white key. a note from outside the raga's thaat
Start Puriya Dhanashree on its lower Ni and find the first komal Re without the hand going to Sa out of habit. When Shree comes later, look at its line before each attempt rather than trusting the five-note count.
Start with Puriya Dhanashree, Poorvi and Shree.
The ragas of this shelf, the gentlest first3
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vadi Pa samvadi Sa
The first leap goes past Sa; resist putting it in for reassurance between the lower Ni and komal Re. Puriya Dhanashree climbs on all seven notes, unlike Shree's ascent without Ga and Dha, and names Pa as vadi, Sa as samvadi. Later the descent turns around Ga and tivra Ma, then reverses again lower down. Sound the lower Ni once and release it, sing to komal Re without keys, check it, and carry that breath on to Ga.
Open in the harmonium First taught in year 5 of a graded syllabus.
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vadi Ga samvadi Ni
Wait until Ga before reaching for shuddha Ma. Poorvi's descent uses it inside a turn back to Ga, after tivra Ma has already sounded above. Puriya Dhanashree keeps tivra Ma alone; here Ga is vadi, paired with Ni. Use the returning Ga as the check. Hold the first Ga briefly, sing up to shuddha Ma and back, then compare the second Ga with the key. Shorten the first hold without letting the two Ga drift apart.
Open in the harmonium First taught in year 4 of a graded syllabus.
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vadi komal Re samvadi Pa
Ga is the note you may reach for too early. Shree omits it and Dha ascending, unlike Puriya Dhanashree's full climb over the same notes. Komal Re is vadi, Pa samvadi. Hold the ascending komal Re and hear tivra Ma above it before moving, with no Ga between. Coming down, Ga appears in the lower reversal after komal Re; read that part afresh rather than dropping Ga into an earlier, easier gap.
Open in the harmonium First taught in year 6 of a graded syllabus.