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Raag Hemshree
Hemshree is a Kafi-thaat raag, given its full colour in the 2nd prahar of the night. It uses five swaras on the way up and five coming down. Phrases centre on Nishad - the vadi, or king swara - answered by Gandhar as samvadi.
Swars: Rishabh and Dhaivat Varjya. Gandhar Komal. Both Nishads. Rest all Shuddha Swaras.
Raga Hemshree
2nd Prahar of the Night (9PM to 12AM)Kafi thaatAudhav - AudhavVadi: NishadSamvadi: Gandhar
ʼNSgmPNṠ
ṠnPmgmgSʼNʼNS
Pakad: ʼN S g m P · m g S g ʼN S · g m P Ṡ · n P · m · P m g m P · g P m g S g 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.