Begada
Indian Classical Raga
Begada is a janya raga of the 29th melakarta Sankarabharanam (Dheerasankarabharanam). It is a bhashanga raga, using two varieties of nishadam — kaishiki (N2) and kakali (N3). Begada is traditionally sung in the afternoon.
Scale
Śloka2
rivarjyārōhasaṃpūrṇā bēgaḍā sārvakālikā |How it moves
Characteristic phrases3
- G3 P M1 P · Jiva phrase
- M1 P G3 · Jiva phrase
- N3 S D2 P · Jiva phrase
- G3 R2 G3 M1 P D2 N2 S G3 P · Borrowed-note phrase
- P N2 S D2 P · Borrowed-note phrase
- G3 P M1 M1 P
- G3 M1 P D2 N2 S D2 P · Borrowed-note phrase
- M1 G3 M1 P D2 P M1
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- P N2 S D2 P M1 · Borrowed-note phrase
- N2 D2 P M1 · Borrowed-note phrase
- P D2 P M1
- G3 P M1 P G3 R2 S
- M1 G3 R2 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S D2 P M1
- P N2 S D2 P M1 P G3 R2 S · Borrowed-note phrase
- G3 M1 P D2 P N3 S'
- R2 N3 S D2 P
- S R2 N3 S D2 P
- M1 P G3 R2 S
- N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S · Borrowed-note phrase
- N3 S D2 P M1 G3 R2 S
- S R2 N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S
- S R2 S P M1 D2 P S' N3 R2' S' M1' G3' R2' S'
- P D2 M1 P G3 R2 S
- S' N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S
- D2. P. S N3. R2 S
- S G3 M1 P D2 N3 S D2 P N3 S
- S' N3 D2 N3 S'
- N3 S N3 S R2 S
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Composer: Ambujam Krishna
Composer: H.N. Muttayyah Bhaagavatar
Composer: Suddhaananda Bhaarati
Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Begada's by a note or two.
- Begade
the same notes, moving differently
- Cenjuruti
uses N2 instead of N3 coming down
- Isamanohari
uses N2 instead of N3 coming down
- Elaprabhavam
uses N3 instead of N2 going up
- Gajagovri
uses N3 instead of N2 going up
- Harikambhoji
uses N2 instead of N3 coming down
Janya ragas of Dheerasankarabharanam
Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 29)
Character
- Time
- Any time1in the Dikshitar school
References
- 1.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 2, p. 887 (Dikshitar school)
- 2.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 2, p. 887
- 3.Subbarama Dikshitar, Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (1904). English web edition by P. P. Narayanaswami, Vidya Jayaraman et al., 2008., Vol. 2, pp. 887–888 (Dikshitar school)