Hindustani / Ragas / Yamani Bilawal
Raag Yamani Bilawal
Yamani Bilawal is a Bilawal-thaat raag, given its full colour in the 1st prahar of the day. 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 Shadj - the vadi, or king swara - answered by Pancham as samvadi.
Swars: Both Madhyams, Rest all Shuddha Swaras.
Raga Yamani Bilawal
1st Prahar of the Day (6AM to 9AM)Bilawal thaatSampurna - Sampurna VakraVadi: ShadjSamvadi: Pancham
SRGmGPM̄PGmRGGPNDNṠ
ṠNDPM̄PDM̄PGmGRGRS
Pakad: S R G · G R G P · G m D · P · M̄ P G m R G · P m G 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.