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Raag Jaijaivanti

Jaijaivanti 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 all seven coming down, taking a vakra (winding) path rather than a straight line. Phrases centre on Rishabh - the vadi, or king swara - answered by Pancham as samvadi.

Swars: Gandhar and Dhaivat Varjya in Aaroh. Both Gandhars. Both Nishads. Rest all Shuddha Swaras.

Raga Jaijaivanti

2nd Prahar of the Night (9PM to 12AM)
Kafi thaatAudhav - Sampurna VakraVadi: RishabhSamvadi: Pancham
SʼDʼnRRgRSGmPmGRRmPNṠ
ṠnDPmGRgRSʼNSʼDʼnRS

Pakad: ʼD ʼn R · R g R S · ʼN S · R m P N · n D 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 Jaijaivanti

7 Hindi and regional film songs and a few non-film pieces composed on Raag Jaijaivanti, with film, year, singer and music director. Hearing the raag in songs you already know is the fastest way to internalise its mood - tap a tile to play.

Bairan Ho Gai RainaDekh Kabir Roya (1957)Manna Dey · music: Madan Mohan
Dil Ka Diya JalayaKoyal (1959)Noor Jahan · music: Khurshid Anwar
Dost Ban Kar Bhi Nahin Saath Nibhanevala(Non-film song)Ghulam Ali
Main Radha Teri Meri Shyam TuViswaroop (2013)Shankar Mahadevan and Kamal Haasan · music: Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Manmohana Bade JhutheSeema (1955)Lata Mangeshkar · music: Shankar, Jaikishan
Suni Suni Saans Ki Sitar ParLal Patthar (1971)Kishore Kumar or Asha Bhosle · music: Shankar, Jaikishan
Yeh Dil Ki Lagi Kam Kya Hogi (a.k.a. Jab Raat Hai Aisi Matwali)Mughal-e-Azam (1960)Lata Mangeshkar · music: Naushad
Zindagi Aaj Mere Nam Se Sharamati HaiSon of India (1962)Mohd. Rafi · music: Naushad

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