Raag Yaman and Bollywood songs (Anuja Kamat) - Vocal Coach Reacts 

Edit - It seems that in one point I reversed the defination of Raag Yaman and Raag Yaman kalyan. It should be like this: Raag Yaman is the original raag and uses the Tivra(sharp) Ma where as Raag Yaman Kalyan uses Sudh (Pure) Ma. (Thank you Anuj Tiwari for bringing that to my attention!) ---- I'm still running the giveaway! ---- To enter the Thalia Art Series-headphones giveaway you must be a subscriber and leave a comment containing #hgiveaway Subscribers get one entry, but you can boost your chances by following me on Instagram (+1 entry), becoming a Patron (+3 entries). The winner will be announced by a random selection when the channel reaches 200K subs. 📲Instagram: instagram.com/hofthestage.. 🎶Club H (Patreon): www.patreon.com/HofTheStage Headphones I use (Thalia & Mania): www.erzetich-audio.com/ Follow Erzetich on Instagram: instagram.com/erzetichaudio/

There is no separate Pakistani music .It is all Indian music sung by Pakistani artists. Remember Pakistan was part of India until recently has no separate musical traditions of its own.

Your grasp of the raag is surprisingly accurate. Enjoyed your video.

You are spot on about the positive vibes around this raag. In fact it is usually sung in the early evening hours, just after dusk, and if you listen to a nice classical rendition, it also gives off the vibes of a warm incandescence of a lamp.

The instrument playing the "base note" is a taanpura, however you can also hold chords on a harmonium and sing to that base note only👍✨

Welcome to the wonderful world of Raag. I grew up listening to Western and Indian classical music especially Hindustanti (both vocal and instrumental). I later ended up learning Carnatic, the South Indian classical form. I just was curious about music and took western music classes at a community college.

The second song she sung JAB DEEP JALE is my all time favourite bollywood song. It is composed by Ravindra Jain, sung beautifully by Yesudas and Hemlata.

Fun fact: Rag yaman is evening raag, it's listened at sunset to end the day in pleasant note.

Although the total number of raags in Hindustani classical music was as big as 300, several of them have been lost over the centuries. About 100 raags are known and performed these days. The following list contains most of them and their specific performance time :- Adana Asavari Night Ahir Bhairav Bhairav Morning Asavari Morning Bageshri Night Bahar Night Bairagi Morning Basant Night Basant Morning Bhairav Morning Bhairavi Any Time Bhankar Morning Bhatiyar Morning Bhimpalasi Afternoon Bhinna Shadja Night Bhoopal Todi Morning Bhoopali Evening Bihag Night Bilaskhani Morning BilawalMorning Chandani Night Chandrakauns Night Charukeshi Chhayanat Night Darbari Night Desh Evening Deshkar Morning Desi Morning Dhani Any Time Durga Night Gara Khamaj Gaud Malhar Monsoon Gaud Saarang Afternoon Gorakh Kalyan Night Gunakri Morning Gurjari Todi Morning Hamir Night Hansdhwani Evening Hindol Morning Jaijaiwanti Night JanaSammohini Jaunpuri Morning Jhinjhoti Night Jogiya Morning Kafi Kafi Any Time Kalavati Night Kalingada Morning Kamod Evening Kedar Night Khamaj Evening Kirwani Night Lalit Morning Madhuvanti Afternoon Madhyamad Sarang Afternoon Malgunji Night Malhar Kafi Night Malkauns Night Malkauns Pancham Night Mand Bilawal Any Time Maru Bihag Evening Marwa Marwa Afternoon Miyan Malhar Monsoon Multani Afternoon Nand Night Nat Bhairav Morning Pahadi Evening Patdeep Afternoon Piloo Any Time Poorvi Afternoon Puriya Evening Puriya Dhanashri Evening Rageshri Night Sham Kalyan Evening Shankara Evening Shivranjani Night Shri Poorvi Afternoon Shuddh Kalyan Evening Shuddh Sarang Afternoon Sohni Morning Tilak Kamod Night Tilang Evening Todi Morning Vibhas Bhairav Morning Vrindavani Sarang Kafi Yaman Evening Yaman Kalyan Evening TimeDurgaBilawalNightGaraKhamajGaud MalharKafiMonsoonGaud SaarangKalyanAfternoonGorakh KalyanKhamajNightGunakriBhairavMorningGurjari TodiTodiMorningHamirKalyanNightHansdhwaniBilawalEveningHindolKalyanMorningJaijaiwantiKhamajNightJanaSammohiniJaunpuriAsavariMorningJhinjhotiKhamajNightJogiyaBhairavMorningKafiKafiAny TimeKalavatiKhamajNightKalingadaBhairavMorningKamodKalyanEveningKedarKalyanNightKhamajKhamajEveningKirwaniNightLalitPoorviMorningMadhuvantiTodiAfternoonMadhyamad SarangKafiAfternoonMalgunjiKafiNightMalharKafiNightMalkaunsBhairaviNightMalkauns PanchamBhairaviNightMandBilawalAny TimeMaru BihagKalyanEveningMarwaMarwaAfternoonMiyan MalharKafiMonsoonMultaniTodiAfternoonNandKalyanNightNat BhairavBhairavMorningPahadiBilawalEveningPatdeepAfternoonPilooKafiAny TimePoorviPoorviAfternoonPuriyaMarwaEveningPuriya DhanashriPoorviEveningRageshriKhamajNightSham KalyanKalyanEveningShankaraBilawalEveningShivranjaniKafiNightShriPoorviAfternoonShuddh KalyanKalyanEveningShuddh SarangKalyanAfternoonSohniMarwaMorningTilak KamodKhamajNightTilangKhamajEveningTodiTodiMorningVibhasBhairavMorningVrindavani SarangKafiYamanKalyanEveningYaman KalyanKalyanEvening

You should do a podcast with her... Her explanations make things simple to understand. 😀

She is my favorite, Her Personna & explanation makes all the difference.

I often watch your vids/analyses to get a greater understanding of music. Your knowledge is so impressive and i appreciate it. I am not very musical myself. Even more impressive for me, is your humanity, your lack of prejudice and your appreciation of difference. We need more humans like you. Keeping going.

You reversed the defination of Raag Yaman and Raag Yaman kalyan... Raag Yaman- Tivra(sharp) Ma is used, it's original raag... where as Raag Yaman Kalyan- Sudh (Pure) Ma is used.

12 Notes in Music Sa Komal Re Sudh Re Komal Ga Sudh Ga Sudh Ma Teevra Ma Pa Komal Dha Sudh Da Komal Ni Sudh Ni Sa' Higher If Sa is C Note, then All White notes in Keyboard are Sudh (Major scale Notes) and All Black notes are Komal or Teevra If Sa is any other Note , same formula continues , white and black notes changes there places as per formula.

Indian Classical Music is very Underrated, thanks for showing its beauty to others. And Its so joy to see your face there is a lot of passion and joy in you

Its amazing how u r trying to understand something thats totally alien to u just becoz of ur love for music. Kudos🙏🏼

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For Marathi folks, famous Ganpati aarti sung by Lata in raag Yaman: Sukha karta, dukh harta ... (pa pa ma* ga, ma* ma* ga re, re ga ga sa re ga, ga pa, re ga ga sa re ga, ...) Of course, tivra ma

On a normal C scale Yemen has F sharp and all other seven notes! Chalan is the way notes ‘travel’ ! The drone is called Tanpura and it is set to the pitch of the singer as C G C-upper normally unless there are Raagas without G and in that case instead of G the new prominent note will apply. In Indian system, we work with a transposable C or Sa system, to match with the singer’s octave capacity! So G, B or D on a piano could be the new C or Sa! So when you say Sa it does not need to correspond with the Piano key C.

"Chandan sa bandan" and "meri awaaz hi pehchan hai" are two of my favourite songs

It's more complex then maths 😲 I thought I could sing evey song but when I went to the depth of music , I am nothing 🙏

Brother, you're amazing in picking up the nuances of what she is saying (things like the 'chalan' of the raag, and 'teevr/sharp Ma', etc.). Love it. Love it.

I have been following you since I started watching reaction videos. I like your efforts to understand things. Also, your insights are helpful in comparative aspects. Like what's the equivalent in Western Music. It benefits both sides.

3:12 if you have noticed the notes of the songs were going very very similar. That's how you can identify raag. A set of notes in a specific or very closely similar manner

I'm not a classical student, but i'm learning with you. Thankyou for being the bridge

U r correct

You are understanding and learning deep classical Indian music...

Her voice! truly awesome and such effortless control. How 1 note changies the mood. 5stars for this review! Now I'm going to subscribe to her as well.

ur spot on about chalan and raags @4:50... this raag is same as lydian mode..

Thanks for reacting, much love ❤️🙏

Anuja kamat is a gem. Proud Indian.

Very optly described. Loved this reaction

Excellent reaction and interpretation 😍😍

I would advise that you watch some videos about the Sargam ( Sa re ga ma pa dha ni sa) notes and what they are called in western music. It will help you with understanding these videos better. Like in this video shudh Ma is Gb or F# and teevra Ma is G.

Thank you! Very nice to see two of my favorite RU-vidrs together on screen like this :) By the way, one of the most striking example of changing single note to change the mood is between raag Bhoopali and raag Shivranjani. Bhoopali - also known as Mohanam in South Indian classical style - is one of the most popular raag in film music for romance/happy/devotional songs while Shivranjani is *the* iconic raga for sad songs in film music. The scale of Bhoopali is Sa Re Ga Pa Dha Ṡa (all natural tones) while that of Shivranjani is Sa Re ga Pa Dha Ṡa (all natural except for ga which is komal = flat) . The mood change that comes with a single note change from 'Ga' (shudh = natural) of Bhoopali to 'ga' (komal = smooth/flat) of Shivranjani is mind blowing. A quick search in RU-vid will give examples. NB: In an octave consisting of "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni and Ṡa", the first and fifth notes (Sa and Pa) have only one variant which is the natural tone of them. The other five notes (Re, Ga, Ma, Dha, and Ni) have two variants each. In these, the notes Re, Ga, Dha, and Ni have natural (shudh) and flat (komal) variants, while Ma has a natural (shudh) and a sharp (teevra) variant. All together, therefore, there are 12 distinct pitches (shruti) in an octave when variants are included.

Enjoy this songs as it is focused on Raag yaman so have fun thanks.

In India The person who owns great classical music skill or had taken classes are superior ones.. That's y it's so hard to tackle them even though u r great singer

React to TED talk of Anuja Kamat. You will like it very much.

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Excellent explanation.

Wow. You are learning Raag now. Excellent.

Yes u r on right path , good keep it up , in few years u will able to understand Raag

One of my favorite raags is rang yaman..and original note has (teevr)major ma

In Yaman the note M is sharp. In Yaman-Kalyan, the note M is normal.

100/100 you got everything 🎇

Aaj Ibadat from Bajirao Mastani is also based on this raag, I recognised after learning this raag 🙌

You are right thanks.

Raga is a framework and the improvisation can be done within that framework

This is my all time favourite raag. Yaman

3:22. You are absolutely on point on this observation.

It is such a tragedy that she doesn't release videos on her channel any more. I do know she is teaching music somewhere, I saw a grainy video of her teaching. Can't remember the month, probably early March/April this year. Just sad that she isnt active on youtube anymore

Good evening sir kindly react po to (sobra ka inupuan lang ang she's gone) You will amazed and enjoy to this po😊😁😁

Wish we could sit together I would clear some obvious things which arise due to the language barrier. I do practice Indian classical vocal music. Commendable that you are making this much effort in learning this ancient Indian heritage.

Excellent

So, we have a total of 12 notes in an octave ( the normal octave in which we sing is called as "Madhya saptak" which literally means middle octave, the octave below this (i.e. to the left in piano/ harmonium) is called as " Mandra saptak" and octave higher to this (i.e. to the right in a piano/harmonium) is called as " Taar saptak". So an octave has a total of 12 notes. So these include 7 pure( basic) notes called as "shuddha swaras" and 5 variants of some of them which are called as "ashuddha swaras". Pure notes include Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni (These actually have their full forms: Shadaj, Hrishabh, Gandhar, Madhyam, Pancham, Dhaiwat, Nishad) The ashuddha swaras include komal Re, komal Ga, Teevra Ma, Teevra Dha and Teevra Ni. Basically Sa and Pa do not have variants and are called as "Achala Swaras" which means immobile Notes because they do not move from their places. "Komal" notes means slighly less than original. So Komal Re lies prior to Re in an octave just after Sa. " Teevra" means intensified. Teevra note is little higher than the original note. So, altogether we have following 12 notes in an. Octave stated from low to hight( left to right in a harmonium) Shuddha Sa, komal Re, Shuddha Re, komal Ga, Shuddha Ga, Shuddha Ma, Teevra Ma, shuddha Pa, Komal Dha, Shuddha Dha, Komal Ni, Shuddha Ni. We have notations for all these notes in devnagrai script. Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhane formalised all these notations in his books called Kramik Pustak Mallika.

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Awesome

Good music lesson

If you play raag yaman in the key of C : so that should be => C (sa), D (re), E (ga), F#(ma tivra), G (pa), A (dha), B(ni) and yaman kalyan be (C,D,E,F,G,A,B) and I am practicing it on Guitar. It sounds beautiful when you randomly play these notes (Rule is not to break the chalan and never get out of these notes) It is very melodic raga.

If you play raag yaman in the key of C : so that should be => C (sa), D (re), E (ga), F#(ma tivra), G (pa), A (dha), B(ni).

There is a video by Dr Yesudas himself singing “Jab Deep Jale Aana” in raag Yaman live. He sang the original version and the “Ni Re Ga” part can be clearly understood in the middle of the song. Plus it is relaxing too. And if you want to notch it up a bit, there is Raag Hamsadhwani which is a very popular Raag in South indian music. Just listen to “Vatapi live” by Yesudas to see the real variations possible ( it might take 5 or 6 times listening to get it)

Some of my favourite songs are composed on Raag Yaman/Aiman.

Loved your courage and open-mindedness to try very different music than you are used to. If you like the mood of the melody being changed by just one note, so listen to the difference between raag Malkauns and raag Chandrakauns. There is only one difference in Ni, wit Malkauns having the Komal (minor) Ni and Chandrakauns having the Shudhha (major) Ni.

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There is a second part of this video. Please see that also. You grasp things very well!!!!

Indeed there is another raaga called Maru Bihaag - with the same scales (skipping two notes in ascent). Other ragas on the Kalyan/Yaman scale are possible.

Can you please react to Mahesh Kale.... You will be left speechless

In Hindustani Music, there are 12 notes. (Shuddha is the natural note, Komal is the flat and Tivra is the sharp) The 12 notes are Sa, Re_, Re, Ga_, Ga, Ma, Ma#, Pa, Dha_, Dha, Ni_, Ni, then back to Sa' If you take your Sa (tonic) as C, You get C,D_,D,E_,E,F,F#,G,A'_,A',B'_,B' and back to C'.

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Yaman.. M is sharp. Yaman Kalyan M is medium

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It’s the other way around. Yaman uses sharp Ma and yaman Kalyan uses the pure Ma.

The notes of Yaman are basically the same as the Lydian mode. Sharp 4th and all other notes natural. Yaman Kalyan is Lydian+ natural 4th. So Yaman Kalyan uses both natural and sharp 4th with all other natural notes. Hope this helps.

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Yaman kalyan Sa re ga ma pa dha ni - all notes are shudh or natural in guitar is (c# major scale) Yaman Sa re ga ma' pa dha ni - all notes are shudh or natural and it's C# major scale except ma is tivr means instead of f# g note will be there

Yaman Kalyan will have shudhha means normal ma and tivra ma is used in raag Yaman.

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U r very gud learner

There are two Indian classical music branches. Hindustani classical Carnatic classical Check out Abby V he is very comfortable and smooth with both the Indian classical branches.

In yaman kalyan the ma is soft and in yaman it is sharp... She says if she uses tevra ma in the song it will change the mood from a romantic song to a angry mood.

Shudh - means pure or natural. Teevra - means sharp (semi note higher) Komal - means flat (semi note lower)

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In the c sharp scale the tivra maa is g note It's changes with evry scale

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Sometimes a similar technique is seen in church modes. With a raag, though, specific notes can be always omitted on either the ascending or descending parts of the piece.

Hi, a sharp note 'm' is in Yaman and the base "m" is yaman kalyan.

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Hindi is difficult to translate and subtitles are approximations but you understand her so well. I bet it has more to do with the understanding the language of music rather than understanding of Hindi. I don’t understand music like you guys but I envy your ability to communicate with 7 notes what we might find difficult with 26 letters in the English Alphabet and 46 letters in the Hindi alphabet.

You are understanding really well. just one correction. Ma is not mi from do-re-mi, but its fa!! Do RE Mi Fa. Teevra ma (i.e.Fa) is just the immidietly next key to Fa!

RAAG YAMAN: TEEVR M RAAG YAMAN KALYAN: SHUDH M I hope that clears up your confusion on the subject..

Shuddha(pure) swar = natural note Tivra(intense/piercing) swar = sharp note Komal (soft) swar= flat note

You got everything rightt, just that yaman kalyan is the one with the 'natural' ma and yaman has the sharp 'ma'

I think you got it a bit wrong. Raag yaman - ma or fourth note is sharp (one half note higher) sa re ga ma* pa dha ni sa Raag yaman kalyan - ma or fourth note is used in its actual place and the sharp ma* note is also used in the song in different phrases or parts of the song. So both ma and ma* are used in the song/composition. In the song she explained in the end, in the starting phrase, she used the simple or shudhh ma rather than the teevra ma (sharp) so as to bring out the emotions of romance and request. Making the song sound softer. As the hero is asking his lady love to stay back for some more time.. as he wants to spend more time with her..

Raag is based on the emotions of the song

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Indian music exactly have Bach or Beethoven's symphonies, but then you listen to a virtuoso tabla player, or a Indian classical singer, and it blows your mind

Please do a video on 'Ayaat'. Not the live performance but the actual song in the film Bajirao Mastani

Sharp Ma is used in Yaman and both Ma in Yaman Kalyan

This is awsome. It would be better if you tried it on a keyboard and follow her. But this reaction is unique.😊 From what I know Yaman Kalyan uses both teevra ma as well as normal ma.

That base note instrument you're saying it's called tanpura