Raag Bhairavi

राग भैरवी

Bhairavi thaat Also spelled: Bhairvi

The parent raga of the thaat that carries its name, in which every altered note is komal. By tradition a concert closes with Bhairavi.

Thaat (parent scale): Bhairavi
Jati (type): Sampurna – Sampurna · 7 notes up, 7 down
Vadi (king note): Ma (Madhyam)
Samvadi (minister note): Sa (Shadaj)
Time of singing: Morning (by convention also sung to close a concert at any hour)

Scale and structure

Key rule: Re, Ga, Dha and Ni are all komal; Ma and Pa stay natural.

सा रे॒ ग॒ म प ध॒ नि॒ सां

सां नि॒ ध॒ प म ग॒ रे॒ सा

म ग॒ सा रे॒ सा, ध॒ (मंद्र) नि॒ (मंद्र) 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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