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Raags Bhuup and Bhopaali

Author RK Das
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Author(s)RK Das
ISBN / ASINB00KO39MCA
ISBN-13978B00KO39MC2
Sales Rank1,051,780
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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Rāg bhūp or bhūpāli is a very famous classical melody of north Indian Hindustāni music. Some people consider it a simple rāg meant for the students of primary level. After deeply studying and learning rāg music for about 35 years from many eminent masters, I personally realized that it is not so. Rāg bhūp requires lot of insight for rendition.
Rāg bhūp is a pentatonic melody that uses SRGPD/ CDEGa. Using the same tones there are many other rāgs like deskār, jait kalyān, shudh vibhās, bhopāli, auduv deogiri, ashvin bilāval, mohanam, kalāvati yaman and perhaps pahādi. Because of this multitude, presenting bhūp correctly becomes quite difficult. In this small book, I have tried to justify the rāg with elaborate guidance.
The book ‘Rāgs Bhūp and Bhopāli’ contains some topics of interest are:
Rāg Bhūp: Is It a Simple Rāg or a Difficult Rāg? Salient Features of Rāg Bhūp; Bhātkhande’s View on Rāg Bhūp with Example; Evaluation and Discussion of Bhūpāli by Some Great Masters; Bhātkhande’s Concept of Bhūp; KG Ginde’s Concept of Bhūp; CP Rele’s Concept of Bhūp; Omkār nāth Ţhākur’s Concept of Bhūp; What is the Folk Background of Bhūp? Which is the Correct Name: Bhūp or Bhūpāli? Why Pentatonic Bhūp is a Favourite Rag than Others?
Meaning of Bhūp and Bhūpāli and Some Light Moments Related to the Melody ; Some Valuable Tips on Rāg Bhūp and Allied Rāgs; Dos and Don’ts of Rāg Bhūp and How to Avoid Rāg Shuddha Kalyān in Bhūp; Views on Rāg Bhūp by Some Masters of Repute; A Short Tonal Example of Rāg Bhūp (Chalan); Reference of Bhūp Recording by Some Eminent Vocalists; Author’s Humble Views and Analysis on Rāg Bhūp; Experiments with Rāg Bhūp (Kharaj Parivartan and Samvādi Rāgs);
Sargam Songs (Svar Mālā) on Rāg Bhūp; Some Tān Palţās of Rāg Bhūp; Some Palţā and Alankār of Bhūp; Some Exemplary Tāns of Rāg Bhūp; Some Famous Compositions of Rāg Bhūp; Additional Information on Bhūp; Pannā Lāl Gosvāmi’s Bhūp Gats and Compositions;
Rabindra Nāth Tagore’s Song Based on Bhūpāli; Gopeshvar Bandyopādhyāy’s Song on Bhūp; Swāmi Prajnānānanđa’s Scholarship on Rāg Bhūpāli; A Note on the Variant Names of Rāg Bhūp; Hemā Rāma nāthan’s Scholarship on Rāg Bhūpāli; Bhātkhande’s Scholarship on Rāg Bhūpāli; Rāg Mishra Bhūp or Bhūpāli Used in Film Songs and Ghazals;
Introduction and Description of the MelodyBhopāli / Bhūpāli; Sargam Song in Raag Bhopāli; Notation of song Ghana shyāma sundara…..

I hope that by reading this mini book, a serious learner will successfully be able to render rāg bhūp flawlessly, if he/ she practises carefully and devotedly.