Hindustani / Ragas / Bheem
Raag Bheem
Bheem is a Kafi-thaat raag, given its full colour in the 3rd prahar of the day. It uses five swaras on the way up and all seven coming down, taking a vakra (winding) path rather than a straight line. Phrases centre on Shadj - the vadi, or king swara - answered by Pancham as samvadi.
Swars: Rishabh, Dhaivat Varjya in Aaroh. Nishad Komal. Rest all Shuddha Swaras.
Raga Bheem
3rd Prahar of the Day (12PM to 3PM)Kafi thaatAudhav - Sampurna VakraVadi: ShadjSamvadi: Pancham
ʼnSGmPnṠ
ṠnDPmGPmGmRSʼnSʼPʼnS
Pakad: ʼn S G m P n · P n Ṡ · Ṡ D P · D m P · G m R ʼn S
Sargam is written with Sa on C: komal swars are lowercase, teevra Ma is M̄, ʼ before a swar marks the lower (mandra) octave and Ṡ / ʼ after marks the upper (taar) octave. The synth plays plain notes - the gamak, meend, and andolan that bring a raag to life are what you learn in class with an expert.