Raag Bihag | Pt Budhaditya Mukherjee | Sitar Instrumental

Raag Bihag is a Hindustani classical raag belonging to the Bilaval thaat. It is a melodious Raaga for beginners as well as experts. Raag Bihag uses all seven music swars. In Bihag, both the Madhyams (Shuddha & teevra) are used. The Shuddha Madhyam is more prominent; Teevra Madhyama is only used with Panchama in the phrase PA MA' GA MA GA.

In Avaroha, Rishabh and Dhaivat are not used as resting notes, but they are used in meend. In this raag, Nishad is a prominent note, and aalaps or taans are generally started from this note.

Raag Bihag is a beautiful raag. If the number of Nyaas swaras in a raag is more and its chalan is not complicated (vakra), then the raag is quite expandable. Besides being melodious, Bihag is quite expandable due to many Nyaas swars. In Bihag, the nyaas are mainly on Gandhaar. Hence Gandhaar is referred to as the Vaadi swar (main swar), and Nishaad is called Samvadi swar (second-most prominent swar). Along with Gandhaar and Nishaad, the presence of Nyaas is also felt in Shadja and Pancham.

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