Absolutely wonderful, as all your videos are. But as an Iranian musician, I do have a little comment. Hijâz(kâr)/Chahârgâh is central to Arabic/Iranian music much more in stereotype than in actual fact - it has become the symbol of the music of that region to foreign ears. It actually makes up a fairly small percentage of the working repertoire, and maqâm Bayâti/Shûr family (similar to Western minor, with a microtonally adjusted 2nd and sometimes 4th) is far more widely used in the musical culture. I've had the experience of playing Iranian music for mixed audiences - I can do 40 minutes in Shûr for the Iranians but the second I switch to Chahârgâh, all the white folks in the crowd light up, as if I've just remember how to play our own music.
@@the_monsoon_diaries Exactly, there's an element of exoticism here. I think the reason this scale is so often used to represent the Arab and Persian worlds in the West is that it sounds relatively unfamiliar to Western ears while also being playable without microtonality. It's basically as 'Eastern' as the Western system can get, so it ends up becoming the stereotype.
Thanks... I can almost 100% relate with your observations/research.. its rare to find a friendly-teacher with versatile vision.. I have seen many teachers being rigidly imposing hard lessons on poor fellow student.. which subconsciously kills the freedom of thought(ideas doubts blossoming in mind).. Keep discovering & sharing amazing facts !😁🪷🍁💐
Anuj ji, it's my first time am watching & listening you and got surprised too. You're so humble and polite plus so knowledgeable person. Your voice is very silky and better than most of Bollywood singers. I became a huge fan of yours! Salute 🙌🙏🙌 to you.
Hi, Great video. Just one thing that I wanted to add, When we talk about Arabic tunes (perticularly the one you are talking about), I think it has more to do with Raag Basant Mukhari or Raag Hijaz than Bhairav or Ahir Bhairav. Infact, the name of Raag Hijaz is directly borrowed from it's Arabic counterpart Maqam Hijaz. Afaik, the tune was brought to India by none other than Amir Khusroo who initially named it as Hijaz. Later, it merged with two other raags, namely, Vakulabharanam from Carnatic and Komal Bhairav from Hindustani classical music and created a new raaga called Basant Mukhari. Just wanted to share this amazing fact with you all. However, you are doing an excellent work. Please keep it up🎉
प्रिय अनुजा, तुझे विडियो अत्यंत सुंदर व आकर्षक आहेत. जिथे आजकालची पिढी शास्त्रीय संगीताकडे पाठ फिरवत पाश्च्यात्त संगीतात मग्न होत असताना तू तुझ्या विलक्षण शैलीत भारतीय शास्त्रीय संगीताचा अभ्यास करून ते इतक्या सुंदर रीतीने लोकांपुढे सादर करतेस व ते अत्यंत श्रवणीय आणि दर्शनीय करतेस त्याबद्दल तुझं कौतुक करावं तेव्हढं कमी आहे. तू तुझ्या क्षेत्रात उत्तुंग यश कामावशीलच यांची मला खात्री आहे. भारतीय संगीतातील एक अतिशय नामवंत संगीतकार होशील यात काहीच शंका नाही. तुझ्या पुढील वाटचालीसाठी खूप खूप शुभेच्छा. - विवेक जोशी
Anuja ji.. We love your honest efforts to connect Raagdari in Hindustaani Shastriya Gayan with the best of compositions used in indian cinema in a way that we all crave for more always..Salute to your sprit to connect threads and good luck for many more
Anuja Kamat..... very innovative, informative and interesting content.... you always give your best...love to watch your style of explanation...you are blessed with Saraswati... keep up the good work 😊
I loved this episode (just as so many other ones). Your approach, narration and singing are so conducive to draw the viewer into understanding of our precious heritage of Classical Indian music. More power to you young lady.
Hey Anuja Watched this video second time after a long time. You are inspirational! Amazing research, passion and love the way you share this knowledge. Had a thing for raag Bhairav when I learnt it years ago, now knowing how colorful it can be is amazing 😊
Absolutely mind blowing Madam hats off to your knowledge on our hindustani classical music you know them like the back of your palm - sashtang pranams to you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I am seeing your video after a very long time I don't know if you were on a hiatus. So nice to see you back, looking forward to more videos from you Madam. I wish and pray your channel hits more than a million subscribers soon 🙌🏼🙌🏼 I request everyone here to share this channel truly worth every second and there is so much to learn here 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Lastly you remind me of actor Mandira Bedi 😊😊 (may be because of your hair style)
I've always felt that Raag Yaman and Maqam Al Bayyati are the most mesmerizing ones of both worlds 🖤🎼 and i think Bayyati is the most common in classical Arabic songs, mainly Egyptian.. which we call "Tarab" songs. Hijaz may be the most common one contemporarily
i love it ....the way u explained ...... hats off .... And of course Ahir Bherav is one of my favorite raags ..... but the information u gave about Arabic music is worth listening ...Stay bless ❤
Anuja don’t stop creating and posting your content - ever ! I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate this! Love your energy and keen observations! ❤ and ✌️
A sweet winsome smile, & the prettiest face; a sincere loving heart, we can never replace. We love you most truly, and we always will; you occupy a space, no one else can ever fill.
Dear I'm impressed.... Your presentation, deep analytical skill and super quality of imagination... la jawab.... Feeda ho gaya yaar... Wishing you all the best dear.
Anuja ji, I do appreciate your presentation on Raag Bhairav and Ahir Bhairav, Hindustani, Carnataki and Arabic equivalents, and especially your singing of some relatively newer songs with Arabic flavor.
As Indian Muslim, I learned about the Maqams before the raags! There is 8 maqams in Quran Recitation! Hijaz in my favorite cheak Shaikh Rashid Mishary, One of the best Quran Reciter in the world
Namaskar. Thank you very much for a nice and interesting video on Rag Bhairav. I am a fan of great Lebanese singer Fairouz Rabbani and I have a great collection of her songs. In many of her songs the notes of this rag will be found, e.g. 1 - rama ila arbuda, 2 - kyaa nu ya habibi (same tune of Salilda's - mausam beetaa jaay) 3 - Vainun vainun 4 - bainuk baini asra 5 - Ya ana ya ana an vaiya (same like Salilda's itna na mujhse too pyaar bdha) etc.etc. The list will be too long. All these songs are on you tube, pl. listen. When I was in Bahrain, I have attended her live concert and met her personally. Now she is around 85 or 86. Regards, Shrirang Patwardhan
Very interesting and thanks for the info! Have you heard Marcel Khalife, another Lebanese great? By the way salil da's itna na mujhse tu pyar badha is based on a western composition anyways...
thank you dear sir for your interesting in our great arabic singer Fairuz; as an arab fan of rafi sahab's songs and all old indian singers I can tell you that many of indian composers inspired their songs from arabs composers like brothers rahabani , farid al atrash , mohmmad abdelwahab, yes Fairuz's songs music are very common in indian songs like this one th-cam.com/video/7E7cN5-5jbE/w-d-xo.html salam from morocco
Great job Anuja! You have provided conceptual approach to Raag Bhairav. Suddenly, this raag has turned interesting to me which I didn’t try to learn earlier. Thank you.
Simply mesmerising! I am a (music) layman who love music/songs etc. I did not understand a word of the musical grammar you explained in your video but I enjoyed every word you spoke therein with a "teen in love" fervour and subscribed your channel. Looking forward to watch your next video while trying to delve into the old ones.
Wonderful comparison! I play Sitar, Arabic Oud, and Turkish Saz so this topic is of supreme interest to me! One additional piece of info I can offer is that in Persian/Iranian music the Re and Dha notes in Chahargah (which is similar to Bhairav and Hijazkar) has microtonal placement which is sharper than hindustani komal re and dha. You can see Persian Setar has more frets than Indian Sitar to play these intervals. Also Maqam Zanjiran is equivalent to Raga Nat Bhairav not Ahir Bhairav. The intervals are the same but the starting note is sa instead of ma. Thanks for this nice discussion!
Absolutely wonderful, as all your videos are. But as an Iranian musician, I do have a little comment. Hijâz(kâr)/Chahârgâh is central to Arabic/Iranian music much more in stereotype than in actual fact - it has become the symbol of the music of that region to foreign ears. It actually makes up a fairly small percentage of the working repertoire, and maqâm Bayâti/Shûr family (similar to Western minor, with a microtonally adjusted 2nd and sometimes 4th) is far more widely used in the musical culture.
I've had the experience of playing Iranian music for mixed audiences - I can do 40 minutes in Shûr for the Iranians but the second I switch to Chahârgâh, all the white folks in the crowd light up, as if I've just remember how to play our own music.
Thanks for this comment! ✨
Thanks for this insight! 🙏
Great information.❤
Fascinating comment.. thank you for sharing. A concept worth further exploring.. colonising music.
@@the_monsoon_diaries Exactly, there's an element of exoticism here. I think the reason this scale is so often used to represent the Arab and Persian worlds in the West is that it sounds relatively unfamiliar to Western ears while also being playable without microtonality. It's basically as 'Eastern' as the Western system can get, so it ends up becoming the stereotype.
Thanks... I can almost 100% relate with your observations/research.. its rare to find a friendly-teacher with versatile vision..
I have seen many teachers being rigidly imposing hard lessons on poor fellow student.. which subconsciously kills the freedom of thought(ideas doubts blossoming in mind)..
Keep discovering & sharing amazing facts !😁🪷🍁💐
Thank you!
Agree! Best teacher ever. No offence meant to my gurus
Didi, I'm your very big fan. My concept of Raag and Thaat became lucid after watching your videos, around 4-5 years ago. Take love!
What is her age n what fantastic knowledge this ung,, chulbuli ,cute child masters!! My salutes to her
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Raam teri ganga meli notes were not correct
Your passion and interest in subject is very reflecting in your young n shining eyes. And a conqueror's confidence. Good young lady. My Love for you.
Anuja Kamath - my first Internet/TH-cam guru - still going strong. Another fantastic video.
I couldn't understand raaga bhairav in such a great manner before..
How amazing guru you are ❤
Stay blessed
If you release an album I will buy it. I have stress and listening to your singing is so soothing and calming like therapy.
One of my proud friend and also an intelligent personality as well ❤. Lots of love & respect
Anuj ji, it's my first time am watching & listening you and got surprised too.
You're so humble and polite plus so knowledgeable person.
Your voice is very silky and better than most of Bollywood singers.
I became a huge fan of yours!
Salute 🙌🙏🙌 to you.
Absolutely outstanding and a wonderful presentation.
Hi,
Great video.
Just one thing that I wanted to add,
When we talk about Arabic tunes (perticularly the one you are talking about), I think it has more to do with Raag Basant Mukhari or Raag Hijaz than Bhairav or Ahir Bhairav.
Infact, the name of Raag Hijaz is directly borrowed from it's Arabic counterpart Maqam Hijaz. Afaik, the tune was brought to India by none other than Amir Khusroo who initially named it as Hijaz. Later, it merged with two other raags, namely, Vakulabharanam from Carnatic and Komal Bhairav from Hindustani classical music and created a new raaga called Basant Mukhari. Just wanted to share this amazing fact with you all.
However, you are doing an excellent work. Please keep it up🎉
Wow your way of understanding and making us familiar with a lot of things at a stance ❤ great....thankyou 😊
You are real gem of our musical culture
God bless you
Admirable
God bless you
प्रिय अनुजा, तुझे विडियो अत्यंत सुंदर व आकर्षक आहेत. जिथे आजकालची पिढी शास्त्रीय संगीताकडे पाठ फिरवत पाश्च्यात्त संगीतात मग्न होत असताना तू तुझ्या विलक्षण शैलीत भारतीय शास्त्रीय संगीताचा अभ्यास करून ते इतक्या सुंदर रीतीने लोकांपुढे सादर करतेस व ते अत्यंत श्रवणीय आणि दर्शनीय करतेस त्याबद्दल तुझं कौतुक करावं तेव्हढं कमी आहे. तू तुझ्या क्षेत्रात उत्तुंग यश कामावशीलच यांची मला खात्री आहे. भारतीय संगीतातील एक अतिशय नामवंत संगीतकार होशील यात काहीच शंका नाही. तुझ्या पुढील वाटचालीसाठी खूप खूप शुभेच्छा. - विवेक जोशी
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You are incredible in detailing raags information. Keep it up. You were absent for a while but your fans including me were always looking for you. ❤
❤ understanding 0 % 😮 Enjoying 100 % 😊 .......Love u dear🎉❤
Afreen
Zabardast
Mashallah
Love your Zest snd spirit and your talents
As precious as a diamond, and brilliant like a star.
O teacher, you are the best girl in this world, by far.
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Brilliant Anuja. Always so fantastic exploring these details. Honestly, a treasure of knowledge. Thanks for sharing 🙏
We love you
Anuja ji.. We love your honest efforts to connect Raagdari in Hindustaani Shastriya Gayan with the best of compositions used in indian cinema in a way that we all crave for more always..Salute to your sprit to connect threads and good luck for many more
Love your videos !!
I was just here for the bollywood music part but i learnt a lot from u. Thanks
Anuja Kamat..... very innovative, informative and interesting content.... you always give your best...love to watch your style of explanation...you are blessed with Saraswati... keep up the good work 😊
पहली बार आपके चॅनल पर आया हुं, बहोत अच्छा लगा. ऐसे ही व्हिडिओ बनाते रहीये.
Superb teacher.
🎉
Thnks a lot 🎉
This channel is gem 💎
Kia bath hay etni Si Umar aur etni malumat God bless you
I loved this episode (just as so many other ones). Your approach, narration and singing are so conducive to draw the viewer into understanding of our precious heritage of Classical Indian music. More power to you young lady.
Beautiful voice. Enjoyed
your voice is soooo soothing ❤
You have such a sweet voice and your singing knowledge is outstanding. I am highly impressed. God bless you bacchi.
Very very interesting. Super.
Hey Anuja
Watched this video second time after a long time. You are inspirational! Amazing research, passion and love the way you share this knowledge. Had a thing for raag Bhairav when I learnt it years ago, now knowing how colorful it can be is amazing 😊
Bohot kuch sikhne ko milta hae aap ke videos se. Love from Kolkata 💖💖
Incredible efforts !! Amazing episode it is !!! Thankyou Anuja di ❤🎉
I'm so glad you are back.
Boht khubsurat awaz hy
you are a sweetheart... with a very sharp sense of music.... love you!!
What a beautiful personality combined with supreme talent! Jeeti raho Baita. With all the blessings.
my current favorite is a marathi song apsara aali, it is also composed mostly in this raag
Happy to see you back ❤
Very nicely presented.. God bless you....
Great mam!!!!
Thanks for making it this lucid for us❤
Absolutely mind blowing Madam hats off to your knowledge on our hindustani classical music you know them like the back of your palm - sashtang pranams to you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I am seeing your video after a very long time I don't know if you were on a hiatus. So nice to see you back, looking forward to more videos from you Madam.
I wish and pray your channel hits more than a million subscribers soon 🙌🏼🙌🏼
I request everyone here to share this channel truly worth every second and there is so much to learn here 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Lastly you remind me of actor Mandira Bedi 😊😊 (may be because of your hair style)
What a beautiful voice this lady has!
Yes wonderful
Very well compiled and explained. ❤
I've always felt that Raag Yaman and Maqam Al Bayyati are the most mesmerizing ones of both worlds 🖤🎼 and i think Bayyati is the most common in classical Arabic songs, mainly Egyptian.. which we call "Tarab" songs. Hijaz may be the most common one contemporarily
excelent video maam great....please keep it up........
i love it ....the way u explained ...... hats off .... And of course Ahir Bherav is one of my favorite raags ..... but the information u gave about Arabic music is worth listening ...Stay bless ❤
Anuja don’t stop creating and posting your content - ever ! I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate this! Love your energy and keen observations! ❤ and ✌️
Bundle of thanks ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
खूपच छान. मनमोकळेपणे कसा एखादा विषय मांडता येतो हे आज समजले. परमेश्वर उत्तरोत्तर प्रगती देवो.
Informative as well as entertaing video. Thank you so much.
Thanks for great content, Dakiya daak laaya,Sunta hai mera khuda songs are out of box and unexpected
A sweet winsome smile, & the prettiest face;
a sincere loving heart, we can never replace.
We love you most truly, and we always will;
you occupy a space, no one else can ever fill.
Intresting....❤❤❤❤
I just fell in love with how this brilliant person compared Raags to food
Dear I'm impressed....
Your presentation, deep analytical skill and super quality of imagination... la jawab....
Feeda ho gaya yaar...
Wishing you all the best dear.
Fantastic🎉
Anuja ji, I do appreciate your presentation on Raag Bhairav and Ahir Bhairav, Hindustani, Carnataki and Arabic equivalents, and especially your singing of some relatively newer songs with Arabic flavor.
As Indian Muslim, I learned about the Maqams before the raags!
There is 8 maqams in Quran Recitation! Hijaz in my favorite cheak Shaikh Rashid Mishary, One of the best Quran Reciter in the world
Thanks a lot for coming back please be consistent 🙏❤ love your videos
Bahat Sundar❤ expained
You are brilliant. God bless you
Extremely good ❤❤
Excellent presentation! Nice singing,appropriate content, easy and natural flow. keep it up!
Excellent 👍
Great video and so well done.
God bless you for this endeavour
Excellent
Wow amazing ..
Shandar video 🎉
Very interesting and soo chulbuli
Namaskar. Thank you very much for a nice and interesting video on Rag Bhairav. I am a fan of great Lebanese singer Fairouz Rabbani and I have a great collection of her songs. In many of her songs the notes of this rag will be found, e.g. 1 - rama ila arbuda, 2 - kyaa nu ya habibi (same tune of Salilda's - mausam beetaa jaay) 3 - Vainun vainun 4 - bainuk baini asra 5 - Ya ana ya ana an vaiya (same like Salilda's itna na mujhse too pyaar bdha) etc.etc. The list will be too long. All these songs are on you tube, pl. listen. When I was in Bahrain, I have attended her live concert and met her personally. Now she is around 85 or 86. Regards, Shrirang Patwardhan
Link plz this list
Very interesting and thanks for the info! Have you heard Marcel Khalife, another Lebanese great?
By the way salil da's itna na mujhse tu pyar badha is based on a western composition anyways...
thank you dear sir for your interesting in our great arabic singer Fairuz; as an arab fan of rafi sahab's songs and all old indian singers I can tell you that many of indian composers inspired their songs from arabs composers like brothers rahabani , farid al atrash , mohmmad abdelwahab, yes Fairuz's songs music are very common in indian songs like this one th-cam.com/video/7E7cN5-5jbE/w-d-xo.html salam from morocco
Anuja 🎉congratulations you are doing good job by sharing knowledge of indian classical music 👌🙏
Wonderfull !!
very valuable thanks
Ati sundar karyakram 🙏🌸
very good ! perfect... blessings to you.
Amazing presentation by you in a very simplified mannar 👌👌👏👏🙌
How sweet voice you have mam..
Amazing presentation.
Blessings and Respect from Canada 🙏🏽🍁✊🏽
Watching first video and this is very informative. Subscribed.
I am so lucky that youtube suggested me this video & channel. Thank you For doing this amazing work 🙌
Goosebumps!
Great job Anuja! You have provided conceptual approach to Raag Bhairav. Suddenly, this raag has turned interesting to me which I didn’t try to learn earlier. Thank you.
Simply mesmerising! I am a (music) layman who love music/songs etc. I did not understand a word of the musical grammar you explained in your video but I enjoyed every word you spoke therein with a "teen in love" fervour and subscribed your channel. Looking forward to watch your next video while trying to delve into the old ones.
WOW awesome knowledge.
No doubt there was a lot to learn❤❤❤
Love you Anuja ❤❤ from Nepal.your sense of music is amazing ❤
wow, when you sing.. it is so so good
Amazing..I never heard about connection with bhairav and Arabian music..so very interesting episode.. thank you
If you have learnt Raag Bhairav you can draw parallels with Arabic music. Swar are very similiar.
One of the best teacher ❤
U have great knowledge and ur voice is also good and tuned.
You are only one on you tube to give a truth knowledge.thx
Just amazing
Wonderful comparison! I play Sitar, Arabic Oud, and Turkish Saz so this topic is of supreme interest to me! One additional piece of info I can offer is that in Persian/Iranian music the Re and Dha notes in Chahargah (which is similar to Bhairav and Hijazkar) has microtonal placement which is sharper than hindustani komal re and dha. You can see Persian Setar has more frets than Indian Sitar to play these intervals. Also Maqam Zanjiran is equivalent to Raga Nat Bhairav not Ahir Bhairav. The intervals are the same but the starting note is sa instead of ma. Thanks for this nice discussion!
Wow great ❤😊😊😊😊
Very nice information
Excellent post