Bhairavi

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 20 Jun 2006, 14:48

could somebody share some version of the bhairavi kriti 'srI pArthasArathE' composed by Mysore Sadasiva Rao.

nikhilr · Post by **nikhilr** » 25 Jul 2006, 06:58

Could someone please post a rendering of "Lalithe kanchi nagara .." in bhairavi a composition of Annaswami Shastri

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 25 Jul 2006, 10:22

i remember listening to vijay siva singing this annaswami sastri kriti at some concert. i dont know if i can find a recording though.

meena · Post by **meena** » 25 Jul 2006, 10:54

Could someone please post a rendering of "Lalithe kanchi nagara .." in bhairavi a composition of Annaswami Shastri

rendering :
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Vimala Bulusu · Post by **Vimala Bulusu** » 18 Oct 2006, 12:04

I uploaded
Manasuna by Smt B Vimala.mp3
Composer_Ogirala Veera Raghava Sarma Rag_Bhairavi Tal: Tisratriputa
Size: 32.7MB

Your download link
http://www.esnips.com/web/deviganasudha

Regards

Vimala

Contact number

thathwamasi · Post by **thathwamasi** » 02 Jan 2007, 08:56

Hello All!!!

Please could someone post a good male rendition of Kamakshi Swarajati of Syama shastri in Bhairavi...I did download the MDR posted in this site, but his pitch is too low for me to learn. Could some one help me with the likes of KVN or Semmangudi please...Thanks in advance...

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 02 Jan 2007, 17:17

thatwamasi
You put me on a wild goose chase here.
initially did not realise that it was impossible to get a rendering other than mdr-chembai-ssi.Very very strange.

http://rapidshare.com/files/9865860/amb ... i.mp3.html

anyway here is a track of voleti singing it without accompanists.
I have added a tailpiece- a grand one from an AIR recital- by Kiranavali on the chitraveena.It has all the majesty of a good male rendering.

my apologies for getting back to rapidshare.rogepost is a bit roguish today.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 03 Jan 2007, 00:20

Sivakumar Kalyanaraman's website has a recording, where he teaches this swarajati

http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivk ... dex.html#k

-Ramakriya

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 03 Jan 2007, 04:15

Here's Chembai's version of the swarajati:
http://storeandserve.com/download/67149 ... i.mp3.html

thathwamasi · Post by **thathwamasi** » 03 Jan 2007, 09:40

Thanks Coolji, ramakriya and Jayaram for your timely response...Infact, as cool-ji has mentioned, even I am surprised to find out that its tough to get the recording of Kamakshi swarajathi. Thanks a lot..God Bless...

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 07 Feb 2007, 00:56

Check this out: A video lec-dem on bhairavi by Sri Ragavan Manian, an eminent vocalist from San Jose Bay area

http://www.calaaonline.com/calaatv/Video27.html

-Ramakriya

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 07 Feb 2007, 01:48

ramakriya wrote:Check this out: A video lec-dem on bhairavi by Sri Ragavan Manian, an eminent vocalist from San Jose Bay area

http://www.calaaonline.com/calaatv/Video27.html

-Ramakriya

good pick.
Looks like they may be a series of them.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 07 Feb 2007, 04:03

A very professional video for a change...Nice!

thanjavur · Post by **thanjavur** » 07 Feb 2007, 22:12

Kamakshi Amba by MBK @ Udhbhava.com - in this page

http://www.udbhava.com/udbhava/songs.js ... user=15411

Kamakshi Amba by MSM - Sangeethapriya upload by Sri Rageshree

http://www.sangeethapriya.org/Downloads ... airavi.mp3

Kamakshi Amba by MLV - Sangeethapriya upload by Sri TVG

http://www.sangeethapriya.org/~tvg/089. ... %20ADI.mp3

Sangeethamshare Video (130 MB mpeg) upload - Syama Sastrty Aradhana

http://www.sendspace.com/folder/398bf8

knandago2001 · Post by **knandago2001** » 07 Feb 2007, 22:25

Bhairavi is one of my favorites as well. KV Narayanaswami's RTP "Govindanadi Mukundanadi yenakku avar sondamadi" is simply awesome! The Ariyakudi school specializes in Tyagaraja's "Koluvaiyunnade" as does the Musiri school in Patnam Subramaniam Iyer's "Neepaadamule". The tamil padams "Velavare," "Inimel avarakkum," and "Muhattaikattiya deham" are in a class by themselves as is the ravishingly beautiful javali "Yelaraada kaamini." Brinda and Mukta's rendition of Kshetrayya's "Rama rama" is veritable feast indeed. Does one know if there are tillanas in this raga?

Nandagopal

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 07 Feb 2007, 22:29

Here is the only one I could find in bhairavi.

takajham tadhIm. rAgA: bhairavi. t/rUpaka tALA. Composer: Vina Sheshanna.

P: takajham tadhIm tadhaNa tAm tataka NakiNa taka tarikiTa takaNaka

tadhimita kundari tadhiri nAdhiri dhittOm taka tillAna tadaratAni
A: jhamtari takiTa tataNa tajhaNu taka dhIm dhIm tattari tajjhaNa taddhimi
takkiTa takaNaka dhumukuDu dharikiTa taka tanadhiri nAdhiri dhiri
C: mahilO nI buddhi nI kIrti nI dhairya sAhasamunalanni panulanu jEsina hubbaLLi
bEhaTTi subbarAya nI pEru galigina dhIra mahanIya ninnu shESagirIsha brOturA
(sholkaTTu)
tAm tAm taka taLAngu takaNaka dhIm dhIm tatakiTa tadhaNa tadhimi rI ga ma pa dha ma pa dha
ni sA* pa dha ni sA* ri* ga* ri* sa* giNatOm tadigiNatOm takatadigiNatOm

knandago2001 · Post by **knandago2001** » 07 Feb 2007, 22:37

Lakshman Sir,

Could you please e-mail me the notation for Vina Seshanna's tillana, if possible. My ID is knandago2001@yahoo.com
Thank you so much.

Regards,

Nandagopal

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 08 Feb 2007, 03:05

I am sorry I just have the lyrics-no notations.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 12 Feb 2007, 11:47

Who is the composer of gativErevaramma Sri kAmAkshamma in bhairavi?

-Ramakriya

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 12 Feb 2007, 17:57

It is GNB.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 17 Feb 2007, 19:22

knandago2001:
Did you receive the bhairavi tillAnA notations?

knandago2001 · Post by **knandago2001** » 18 Feb 2007, 08:22

Lakshman Sir:

Thank you so much for the notationsfor the bhairavi tillana. Earlier, I sent my acknowledgements to your e-mail address (luz..). Its a beautiful composition, indeed. Will keep you posted. Best regards,

Nandagopal

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 17 Jun 2007, 07:58

coolkarni wrote:http://rapidshare.de/files/20817430/bri ... i.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/20815788/DKJ ... a.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/20816509/mlv ... m.mp3.html

and the rtp
http://rapidshare.de/files/20812759/TRS ... 1.mp3.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/20814927/TRS ... 2.mp3.html

Can i have the bhairavi songs be reuploaded? I will add them to my bhairavi folder in sangeethapriya

-hari

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 17 Jun 2007, 08:07

knandago2001 wrote:Bhairavi is one of my favorites as well. KV Narayanaswami's RTP "Govindanadi Mukundanadi yenakku avar sondamadi" is simply awesome! The Ariyakudi school specializes in Tyagaraja's "Koluvaiyunnade" as does the Musiri school in Patnam Subramaniam Iyer's "Neepaadamule". The tamil padams "Velavare," "Inimel avarakkum," and "Muhattaikattiya deham" are in a class by themselves as is the ravishingly beautiful javali "Yelaraada kaamini." Brinda and Mukta's rendition of Kshetrayya's "Rama rama" is veritable feast indeed. Does one know if there are tillanas in this raga?

Nandagopal

Dear Sri Nandagopal - Do you have this recording?

suryameena · Post by **suryameena** » 17 Jun 2007, 08:13

I have just learnt about this site from youtube and am here. I am an ardent lover of canatic music.
Bhairavi owes its origin to the Raag Natabairavi which is a melakartha Raag. I am informed that apart from natabairavi, anandha bairavi also belongs to this melakartha raag.
At the same time, I find a lot of similarity amongst Bhairavi, Mukhari and Hussaini.
Will you please enlighten on the differences in Arokana and Avarohana of these Raagas?
Do all these raags belong to Suddha Madhyamam?
Again, what is the raag in Hindusthani, which is close to raag Bhairavi.? Raag Bairavi so named in Hindushthani classical Music is indeed our Sindhu Bairavi only. Do the other raags for instance anandha bairavi, mukhari also find a place in HCM..?
Surya
http://movieraghas.blogspot.com

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 17 Jun 2007, 08:13

Hello, I am going to upload these songs to my folder in Sageethapriya.org soon. can some one help me to get more songs, like Thanayuni Brova, Lalithe, Rama Kodanda rama?

ARI-TNK-PMI_Koluvai-Thyagaraja.mp3
ARI-Viriboni.mp3
Aruna-upacharamulanu-thyagaraja.mp3
Aruna_Upacharamu_Thyagaraja.mp3
AryAM abhayAmbAM--bhairavi--tripuTa--Unknown.mp3
BM-RamaRama-Padam.mp3
Brinda-Mukta-RamaRama-Bhairavi-Aadi-STirunal.mp3
Chembai-Kamakshi-Swarajathi.mp3
DKJ-cintaya mAkanda--bhairavi--rUpakaM.mp3
DKJ-s'rI kamalAmbikAyAh paraM--bhairavi--jhaMpa.mp3
DKP-05a-Bhairavi_Raga_Alapana.mp3
DKP-05b-IkkaNannuBrova.mp3
DKP-R_T_P-BHAIRAVI-Tornto1977.mp3
DKP-RakshaBettare.mp3
DKP-Rama Rama (Bhairavi).mp3
DKP-SatyaVandraiku-SPICMacay.mp3
DKP-Viriboni.mp3
DKP-bAlagopAla--bhairavi.mp3
DKP-cintaya mAkanda--bhairavi--rUpakaM.mp3
KVN-007a-Bhairavi-alapana.mp3
KVN-007b-Balagopala_palayashu-Bhairavi-1975.mp3
KVN-Amba Kamakshi.mp3
KVN-BalagopalaPalayashu-Bhairavi-Aadi-withTani-MD.mp3
KVN-Janani_mamavameye.mp3
KVN-Keesu_Keesendru-Thirupavai.mp3
KVN-RTP-Bhairavi-ChaturvedaBuvanadesa.mp3
KVN-Viriboni.mp3
KVN-YaaroIvarYaaro.mp3
KVN_Balagopala-MD.mp3
KVN_Upacharamu_Thyagaraja.mp3
KVRamanujam-KAMAKSHI_ANUDHINAMUM_BAIRAVI_3.03MB.mp3
Kalpagam_Swaminathan-NEE_PATHAMULEGATHI_BAIRAVI_19.10MB.mp3
LGJ-Bhairavi.mp3
MDR-06a Amba Kamakshi - Bhairavi.mp3
MDR-06b Amba Kamakshi - Bhairavi.mp3
MDR-Balagopala.mp3
MDR-Viriboni-varnam-Bhairavi.mp3
MDR-bAlagopAla--bhairavi--Adi.mp3
MDR-bhairavi.mp3
MLV-Swarajathi-Kamakshi.mp3
MLV-Bhairavi-Raagam-KGS1981.mp3
MLV-Chetulara-Bhairavi.mp3
MLV-Koluvai-Bhairavi-MA1966.mp3
MLV-RTP-BAIRAVI-EnakkavarSondamadiGovindanai.mp3
MLV-Sarvaantaryaami-KGS1981.mp3
MLV-Varnam (Bhairavi).mp3
MMI-Viriboni.mp3
MMI-Yaaro_ivar_yaaro.mp3
MMI-koluvaiyunnAdE_-_bhairavi.mp3
MMI-s'rI kamalAmbikAyAh paraM--bhairavi--jhaMpa.mp3
MMI-viriboni___bhairavi_var.mp3
MMI_Thaye ezhaipal-improved-amplified.mp3
MSG-MSA-Viriboni-Bhairavi.mp3
MSS - Koluvayunnade-Bhairavi-Aadi-Tyagaraja.mp3
MSS-04a-bhairavi Raagam.MP3
MSS-04b-YaaroIvar-Bhairavi.MP3
MSS-RTP-Bhairavi-AmbaMaduraMeenakshi-MA1968.mp3
MSS-RTP-Bhairavi-Velavane-Unadu-Paadam-Thunaye.mp3
MSS-dhyAnam and viribOni.mp3
MSS-kAmAkshi-shyAmA shAstry-bhairavi-swarajathi.mp3
MSS-odi_barayya-Purandara.mp3
MSS_Bhairavi_Alapana.mp3
MSS_Enatinomu_phalamo_Bhairavi.mp3
MVS_Kamakshi-Swarajathi.mp3
MaduraiRSundar_bhairavi_rAgam.mp3
MaduraiRSundar_bhairavi_raagam_violin.mp3
MaduraiRSundar_nI_pAdamulE.mp3
Malladi-bhairavi-ragam.MP3
Malladi-ika_nannu_brova.MP3
ManasunA_Bhairavi_TiSratriputa_-by-Smt-B-Vimala
Musiri-R_T_P_Bhairavi-Thani.mp3
NSG-Pallavi.mp3
NSG-Viriboni.mp3
NSG_Balagopala_MD.mp3
Nedanuri-Kamakshi-Swarajathi.mp3.mp3
Nedanuri_ENATI_BHAIRAVI.mp3
Nedanurii_Deivamu_Bhairavi_Thyagaraja.mp3
PSIyer-s'rI kamalAmbikAyAh paraM--bhairavi--jhaMpa.mp3
RKSrinivasaMurthy_Bhairavi_Purandaradasa.mp3
Ramani-Raajam_kamaj_bhairavi.mp3
RamnadKrishnan
RamnadKrishnan-RTP-Bhairavi-Bhairavi-DharavidalitaKuvalayaDalaNila.mp3
RamnadKrishnan-RTP_Bhairavi-A.mp3
RamnadKrishnan_RTP_Mamadura-Meenakshi.mp3
SSI- Bhavathi Visvaso - Mukhari.mp3
SSI-Amba Kamakshi-MA1959.mp3
SSI-Brahamakadikina_Mukhari.mp3
SSI-Chethulara-Tyagaraja.mp3
SSI-Kaamaakshi-MA1956.mp3
SSI-Kamaakshi Amba - Bairavi.mp3
SSI-Kamakshi_Swarajathy-Kalki-1967.mp3
SSI-MSS-KSN-amba Kamakshi-Bhairavi.mp3
SSI-MSS_Enati_Nomu_Palamu.MP3
SSI_AmbaKamakshi_Bhairavi.mp3
Sanjay-RTP-BHAIRAVI-DayanideUndanDarisanam.mp3
Sanjay-Taye_ezhaipal-PSivan.mp3
Sanjay-VIRIBONI.mp3
Sanjay_YaroIvarYaro.mp3
Srividya-Bhairavi-Raagam.mp3
Srividya-Srilalithe-AnnaswamySastri.mp3
TKRangachari_Viribhoni.mp3
TNK-Viriboni.mp3
TNS-Viribhoni - Bhairavi Varnam.mp3
TNS-bAlagopAla--bhairavi.mp3
TNS_Nee Padamule_Gathiyani_RTP_Bhairavi_Adi.mp3
TRI_Odi_Barayya_.mp3
TVR_Balagopala_Bhairavi.mp3
Voleti-Sariyevvare-Spencer_Venugopal.mp3
enatinomu.ram
nityashree_Balagopala-MD.mp3
sivakumar-balagopala.mp3
sivakumar-srilalithe.mp3
songlist

meena · Post by **meena** » 17 Jun 2007, 09:40

hari

check ur email for Thanayuni Brova & Lalithe

Nandy · Post by **Nandy** » 10 Dec 2007, 20:00

Hi,

Does anybody happen to have Bhairavi Swarajathi especially with the neraval (Shyama Krishna Sahodari---) recording of Sri Semmangudi Srinivasan.

Thanks.

Nandy.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 10 Dec 2007, 21:47

It is in that famous concert which starts with entho prema.If someone cant locate it in sangeethapriya , then i can volunteer.
The closing of the neraval is very touching.
after the last set of cascading swaras, the effect is so beautiful that Lalgudi decides not to play a response and instead closes the song.
Semmangudi then pauses and says "Play on"

What happens next is fit for the Gods.
Lalgudi takes a wonderful pause , realigns himself and gives a breathtaking response.
A concert memorable for -akhilandeswari,Siva Siva Ennarada,too

RaviVeda · Post by **RaviVeda** » 10 Dec 2007, 22:32

It is in that famous concert which starts with entho prema.If someone cant locate it in sangeethapriya , then i can volunteer.
The closing of the neraval is very touching.

http://www.sangeethapriya.org/~gvr/SSI_ ... s/SSI_LGJ/

Nandy · Post by **Nandy** » 11 Dec 2007, 21:39

Thanks Coolkarni and Raviveda.

Nandy

Nandy · Post by **Nandy** » 12 Dec 2007, 02:06

Coolkarni,

The way Sri Semmangudi sang the neraval and kalpana swarams, I want to keep on listening to it. The effect truly is so beautiful.

sshankar_1970 · Post by **sshankar_1970** » 23 Jan 2008, 12:07

While Balagopala , Kamakshi swarajati and Enadi Nomu are truly mindblowing , Upacharamu by Maharajapuram Santhanam is equally good . But I feel nothing can beat the Viriboni varnam . There was an LP of R.K Suryanarayana playing Viriboni -truly mindblowing . Also , one must listen to N Rajam and Sangeetha Shankar playing Viriboni - (yes.. they have given a commercial recording of Carnatic Music ) simply superb..

V_ANNASAMY · Post by **V_ANNASAMY** » 23 Jan 2008, 12:37

The great ShyAma Saastrigal's kriti SaRi yavaramma in Bhairavi is majestic and captivating. The swarAkshara + tAra stAyi - commencement of the pallavi takes to a divine world instantly. Some uncommon theme.

Of course, this kriti has more swarAksharAs in many places.

The beauty of paa da ni 'dapmaama'(fast phrase) for parama pAvani in anu pallavi is truly attractive and rightly brings out the Bharavi essence.

Normally most of pallavis start at madhya stAyi and anu pallavis may start at tAra stAyi. This kriti is quite contrary and pleasingly different.

One more, but not the least, the very different tAla (KhanDa Jampa), which is very rare!

This song has both rAga as well as composer mudhrAs. Chitta swara + sahityam for that too...

So there is no SARI nihar Bhairavi kriti to this SARIYAVARAMMA.

va

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 23 Jan 2008, 19:05

sshankar_1970 wrote:While Balagopala , Kamakshi swarajati and Enadi Nomu are truly mindblowing , Upacharamu by Maharajapuram Santhanam is equally good . But I feel nothing can beat the Viriboni varnam . There was an LP of R.K Suryanarayana playing Viriboni -truly mindblowing . Also , one must listen to N Rajam and Sangeetha Shankar playing Viriboni - (yes.. they have given a commercial recording of Carnatic Music ) simply superb..

What about " Koluvvaiyya" sung by the great MMI. His swaras @ ' manasu' no body can beat it!!!

sshankar_1970 · Post by **sshankar_1970** » 25 Jan 2008, 14:46

MMI was indeed exceptional in Koluvai but the song itself is not my favourite . MMI 's swaras @ Manasu are of course incomparable

gva1992 · Post by **gva1992** » 17 Jul 2008, 01:30

How to listen to the songs listed above by Mr. S Hari? Since I am a new member to this forum, would appreciate guidance.

gva1992

Shyamalajr · Post by **Shyamalajr** » 30 Jul 2008, 14:28

Bhairavi is one of the most majestic and stately ragams in CM. One of the lesser known ( sung!) krithis is 'Lalithe sripravrithe' in Bhairavi that is part of the Lalgudi Pancharatnam composed by Sri Thyagaraja.

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 30 Jul 2008, 16:08

I wish Karnataka based artistes would render "indu enage gOvinda ninna padAravindava tOro mukundane" in concerts and popularize it.
This is believed to be a composition of Raghavendra Swami.
There was a movie version of the song in mid-1970s, rendered by S. Janaki (I think) which was quite good.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 30 Jul 2008, 18:46

Shyamalajr wrote:Bhairavi is one of the most majestic and stately ragams in CM. One of the lesser known ( sung!) krithis is 'Lalithe sripravrithe' in Bhairavi that is part of the Lalgudi Pancharatnam composed by Sri Thyagaraja.

I think the song is 'lalitE shree pravrudhdha '

divyathaarun · Post by **divyathaarun** » 22 Apr 2009, 19:03

can somebody please give me the meaning for the javali - Elaraadaya kamini in ragam bhairavi

swami61 · Post by **swami61** » 27 Apr 2009, 22:33

The famous renderings in Bhairavi I have listened are:
1. Koluvaiyunnade - Madurai Mani Iyer
2. Tanayuni brova - John Higgins Bhagavathar
3. Upacharamuje - Dr K. J. Yesudoss

I keep listening to them again and again . Koluvai by MMI is simply superb! You will feel as if you are riding in a horse while listening the kalpana swara part of the kriti.

Swaminathan S

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 28 Apr 2009, 08:28

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 30 Apr 2009, 20:05

Every carnatic music rasika has to listen to this rendition of "Viri Bhoni" by Smt.M.S.Subbulakshmi!!
What a fantastic version! One of the best, clearly!!
Please listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtayQial ... re=related

sarang · Post by **sarang** » 22 May 2009, 19:44

Regarding the esnips website from coolkarni!

Did any of you get to hear MLV's amruthavarshini RTP??

And now about the thalam of the same! My observation is that it is in Kanda Jathi Eka thalam, pancha nadai -2 kalai (Is that called Simhanandana thalam?)
Every laghu/beat is one nadai!

Tisram Chatusram Kandam Misram Sankeernam (5 beats)

Arudhi: 2 aksharams
Visharanthi: 5 aksharams

kalyani9 · Post by **kalyani9** » 09 Nov 2009, 14:47

Can anyone kindly provide the swara-sahityam (notes) for "Lalithe Sri Pravruddhe Srimati
Laavanya nidhimati"?

Thanks in advance.

Dikshitar's baalam gopaalam.. is another one. Is it possible to get a recording of this kriti if anyone has sung?

venkat1926 · Post by **venkat1926** » 21 Feb 2010, 15:17

was there not a song "enakkum unakkum isaintha porutham enna poruthumO" in Bhairavi. Is this from one of the sirkazhi mOver
above message is edited by me
sorry I was wrong I found this song is in Atana and by ramaling Adiyar.

gienbee · Post by **gienbee** » 23 Jun 2010, 15:52

ramakriya wrote:Who is the composer of gativErevaramma Sri kAmAkshamma in bhairavi?

-Ramakriya

This piece ion Bhairavi has been composed by my brother Sri GNB

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 01 Feb 2016, 05:04

recently bumped into this varnam in bhairavi while searching for something else.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slwmWdS3cGk

from a traditional Varnam of Telugu temple dancers in Raga Bhairavi Adi Tala dedicated to Lord Shiva who is addressed as Koppeshwara in Palivela, Andhra Pradesh
by Purvadhanashree in Vilasini Natyam

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 25 Jan 2019, 16:05

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=30664 - Bhairavi's different versions

The threads on mAnji to find out the differences between the two ragas - viewtopic.php?f=7&t=97

What I've personally found is that giving a greater emphasis to D2 and singing more of S R G M or phrases like RSNSR, or singing some phrases with D2 simply because they go up (and not necessarily up to S) begins to distinguish mAnji quite a bit lot from Bhairavi. Some musicians singing mAnji like to hover on the D1 on the way down like the R1 of varALi (leena gamakam). Bhairavi of course uses far more S G2 R2 although going from S to R2 directly also happens a lot - but the more you use this, the more the character of the raga stays truer to a bhairavi-ish feel.

The thing is that in many AlApanAs of bhairavi, once musicians get to the upper octave, they tend to emphasise D2 a lot and ignore the S G R, especially in brighas and you can distinctly feel the raga change character and sound more like kharaharapriya at times. This is actually more mAnji than bhairavi. It is quit possible to avoid this with just a bit more care in phrase selection and keep the bhairavi feel all the way to the topmost notes.

Hovering more on M1 in the sense of S R G M phrases like kharaharapriya suddenly makes it feel more mAnji while climbing up to P in the sense of S G R G M P with the trademark kampita on the M1 is all bhairavi. The more plain notes you sing (particularly G2 and N2), the more mAnji it becomes, the more kampita you give, the more bhairavi it is.

There is an interesting thing in bhairavi at slow speeds in that, if you hide the D2 on the ascent and start the N2 from D2 - you can actually sing P, N, S. Or I should write it as P (D)N, S, -- You can't do that at higher speeds. This is a phrase that occurs at the start of koluvaiyyunADE (a subtlety that TMK pointed out long back). Another variation of this is a P D1 -(D2)N, S (stop at the D1 and start N2's kampita from D2) - that hides the D2 and make a P D1 N2 S sequence possible at slow speed. This is possible in bhairavi, but one has to very subtly observe the classic gamakas to identify this.

Otherwise there really is no difference between the two. mAnji does seem to have a shorter range overall than bhairavi - at times you think it's a rAgini to bhairavi. Doubt over the nature of these 2 ragas seems to have existed even before the trinity, and it looks like they had different opinions over it.

Unless of course, bhairavi was all D1 at one point. Which is what TMK claims about the Dikshitar school's version of bhairavi.

Ok, speaking of Dikshitar - listen to this exquisite bhairavi treat by MLV of bAla gOpAla - that AlApana is incredible : https://soundcloud.com/user461654480/ba ... shitar-mlv

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