Raga Bhairav is the prime raga of Bhairav thaat. It is also called a Sandhiprakash raga as it is sung in the early hours of the day. Bhairav raga when sung creates Bhakti rasa.
This raga are dedicated to the Almighty and sung acc. eg Jaago Mohan Pyaare
There are many variations of raga Bhairav like: Prabhat Bhairav etc.
As raga Multani is from Todi thaat, so one has to follow all the rules of Todi thaat while singing this raga. The swar alignment ‘Nị Re Ga Ḿa’ is never sung in this raga.
Gandhar is sung with a kan of Madhyam. Eg. Nị Sa ḾaGaḾaGa Re Sa.
Pancham and Nishad are the nyasa swars of this raga.
Deepak is an evening raag. It is said that this raga had the power of creating fire.
Tansen has performed this successfully by singing it in the court of Akbar.
There are 5 types of Raag Deepak. One belongs to Poorvi Thaat, second to Bilawal Thaat, third to Kalyan Thaat, fourth to Kafi Thaat and fifth to Khaamaj Thaat.
Shri is an evening raga, sung during the sunset. It is full of grace and majesty, and the main mood it creates is one of devotion and dedication.
Raag Shree is among the most difficult Raagas of Indian Classical Music to master because of its notes. This Raag is expanded mostly in Madhya and Tar Saptaks.
It was called Kalyan but is now more popularly called Yaman in Hindustani Music.
The word Kalyani means she who causes auspicious things. It is the 65th melakarta raga under the Katapayadi sankhya. It is also called Mechakalyani. Kalyan was a favourite melody to the Arabs, and Pundarika included Yaman among his 'Persian' Ragas.
Megh Malhar is a seasonal raag and sung as invitation to rains. Megh is a Hindustani classical raga. The meaning of Megh in Sanskrit is 'Cloud'.
Another raga which describes rain is raga Malhar. So these 2 ragas where merged and a new raga was developed, this raga is raga Megh Malhar. This is one of the very old ragas found in Indian classical music.
Hindol is sung during the first part of the day. It is an ancient raga associated with the spring season. The raga has Teevra Madhyam at its heart, and revolves around that note, resting on Dha or Ga. Mostly pure classical genre of music like Khayals or Dhamars are composed in this raga. Its structure and phrasing is the imitation of a swing, hence the name Hindol (Hindola means swing).
Bhoopali, also known as Bhoop, Bhopali or Bhupali, is a Hindustani classical raga. It is a raag in Kalyan Thaat. It is a pentatonic scale
Most of the songs in this raga are based on Bhakti rasa. Since it uses 5 notes, belongs to the "Audav jaati" of ragas.Raga Bhoopali, Raga Yaman and Raga Bhairav tend to be the three basic ragas of Hindustani music, learnt first by its students.
Raga is a unique and central feature of the classical Indian music tradition. Each raga is an array of melodic structures with musical motifs, considered in the Indian tradition to have the ability to "colour the mind" and affect the emotions of the audience. Each raga provides the musician with a musical framework within which to improvise. The specific notes within a raga can be reordered and improvised by the musician. Ragas range from small ragas like Bahar and Shahana that are not much more than songs to big ragas like Malkauns, Darbari and Yaman, which have great scope for improvisation and for which performances can last over an hour.
A Tala , sometimes spelled Titi or Pipi, literally means a "clap, tapping one's hand on one's arm, a musical measure".It is the term used in Indian classical music to refer to musical meter,that is any rhythmic beat or strike that measures musical time. The measure is typically established by hand clapping, waving, touching fingers on thigh or the other hand, verbally, striking of small cymbals, or a percussion instrument in the Indian subcontinental traditions. Along with raga the tala forms the life cycle and thereby constitutes one of the two foundational elements of Indian music. The tala system of the north is called Hindustaani, while the south is called Carnaatic. However, the tala system between them continues to have more common features than differences.