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Hindustani raaga · Bilawal thaat

Bihāg

Sweet romantic night raga on shuddh notes; the giveaway is P M G m G, a fleeting tivra Ma resolving through shuddh Ma to Ga, over a Ga-Ni frame; Re and Dha only in meend.

Bihāg is a raaga in the Hindustani tradition (Bilawal thaat).

in the raaga vadi (sonant) samvadi (consonant)
or tap any lit note to hear it

arohana / ascending

N. S G m P N S'

avarohana / descending

S' N D P M P G m G R S

How to hear it

Vadi / sonant
Ga
Samvadi / consonant
Ni
Signature phrase / pakad
N. S G, m G, P M G m G, R S
Thaat
Bilawal (Bhatkhande/Wikipedia); Kalyan per tanarang
Time / samay
second prahar of the night (~9pm-12am)

Easy to confuse with

Maru Bihag (tivra-Ma dominant)
Bihagda
Nand. No clean Carnatic equivalent.
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