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Raag Ramdasi Malhar

Ramdasi Malhar is a Kafi-thaat raag, given its full colour in the anytime in rainy season.. It uses all seven swaras on the way up and all seven coming down, taking a vakra (winding) path rather than a straight line. Phrases centre on Madhyam - the vadi, or king swara - answered by Shadj as samvadi.

Swars: Both Gandhars, Both Nishads. Rest all Shuddha Swaras.

Raga Ramdasi Malhar

Anytime in Rainy season.
Kafi thaatSampurna - Sampurna VakraVadi: MadhyamSamvadi: Shadj
ʼNSRGmPGmRPmPDN
nDnPDPmGmPggmRS

Pakad: S R G m · m R P · P G m · P g g m R 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.

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