Hindustani / Ragas / Durga
Raag Durga
Simple, bright, folk-fresh - all shuddha swaras. It uses five swaras on the way up and five coming down. Phrases centre on Madhyam - the vadi, or king swara - answered by Shadj as samvadi.
Swars: Gandhar and Nishad Varjya. Rest all Shuddha Swaras.
Raga Durga
2nd Prahar of the Night (9PM to 12AM)Bilawal thaatAudhav - AudhavVadi: MadhyamSamvadi: Shadj
SRmPDṠ
ṠDPDmRSʼDS
Pakad: m P D · m R ʼD S · R R P
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.
Film songs in Raag Durga
Hear the raag in songs you already know - the fastest way to internalise its mood. Tap a tile to play.
Chanda Re Mori Patiya Le Ja (a.k.a. Naina To Dukhan Laage)Dharti Mata (1960)Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar
Duniya Rang Rangeli BabaGeet Gaya Pattharon Ne (1938)Pankaj Mullick, Uma Shashi, K. L. Saigal
Geet Gaya Pattharon NeShalimar (1964)Asha Bhosle
Tum Na Jaane Kis Jahan Me Kho GayeSazaa (1951)Lata Mangeshkar
Ham Bewafa Hargiz Na TheSazaa (1978)
Kishore Kumar