Raag Asavari
राग आसावरी
Asavari thaat Also spelled: Asawari, Aasavari
The parent raga of the thaat that carries its name, sung in the late morning. Its weight on komal Dha gives it a grave, plaintive mood.
- Thaat (parent scale)
- Asavari
- Jati (type)
- Audav – Sampurna · 5 notes up, 7 down
- Vadi (king note)
- Komal Dha (Dhaivat)
- Samvadi (minister note)
- Komal Ga (Gandhar)
- Varjya swara (omitted)
- Ga, Ni (in the ascent)
- Time of singing
- Second quarter of the day (late morning)
Scale and structure
Key rule: Ga, Dha and Ni are komal. Ga and Ni are skipped in the ascent.
Aaroha (ascent)
सा रे म प ध॒ सां
Avaroha (descent)
सां नि॒ ध॒ प, म प ध॒ म प, ग॒ रे सा
Pakad (catch phrase)
रे म प, नि॒ ध॒ प, म प ध॒ म प, ग॒ रे सा
Sargam is given in Devanagari, as it is written in practice — a line beneath a note marks it komal (flat), and (मंद्र) marks the lower octave.
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