Hindustani Behag
Indian Classical Raga
Behag (Bihag) is a raga of Hindustani classical music belonging to the Bilawal thaat. Both the shuddha and tivra madhyam are used, with the shuddha madhyam more prominent. In the Carnatic tables it is listed as a janya of the 29th melakarta. It is assigned to the night (9-12) in the performance-time system.
Scale
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Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Hindustani Behag's by a note or two.
- Aduturaiyan
uses G2 instead of G3
- Amritalahari
adds R2 going up
- Anandamukhi
adds D2 going up
- Behag
adds D2 going up
- Gavati
leaves out G3 going up
- Kedara
leaves out D2 coming down
Janya ragas of Dheerasankarabharanam
Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 29)