Rāg Toḍī |
Bhatkhande, Vishnu Narayan. Kramik Pustak-mālikā 2: 429ff. Hathras: Sangit Karyalay, 1970. |
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- This rāg comes from Tōḍī ṭhāṭ.
- In this [rāg], madhyam is sharp [tīvra] [and] niṣād is natural [śuddh], while re, ga, and dha are flat [komal].
- Dhaivat [is the] vādī [and] gāndhār is the samvādī.
- This rāg is heptatonic [sampūrṇ jāti] [and] the best time for singing is the second part [prahar] of the day.
- The fifth [pañcam svar] is sometimes avoided in practice.
- To new students, the crooked notes [vikṛta svar] of this rāg are difficult.
- Rāg Multānī also resides in this ṭhāṭ [and] is also connected [to rāg Tōḍī].
- Good examples of this rāg support re, ga, [and] dha, while ga, pa, [and] ni are special to Multānī.
South Asians historically divided the day into eight sections (prahars), each section lasting three hours and beginning at sunrise. The second prahar, thus, occurs in the late morning.
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| Ārohāvaroh-svarūp: sā, re ga, ma# pa, dha, ni sā | sā ni dha pa, ma# ga, re, sā
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| Pakaḍ: dha ni sā, re, ga, re, sā, ma#, ga, re ga, re, sā |
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05-Apr-2018
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