RAAG SOHNI or HAMSANANDI

12/5/2014
SOHNI (HAMSANANDI RAAGA)
Dear Students !!!
Ramachary sir discussed about raag SOHNI

Sohni is a raga in Hindustani classical music in the Marwa thaat. Alternate transliterations include Sohani and Sohini. Like Bahar, it is a small raga, with not much space for elaboration. It emotes the feel of longing, of passive sensuousness.

The raga is of audav-shadav nature, i.e, it has five swaras (notes) in the arohana (ascent) and six in the avarohana. Rishabh (Re)is komal and Madhyam (Ma) is Tivra (denoted below by Re# and Ma#), while all other swaras are shuddha. Pancham (Pa) is not used.

Arohana :- S G2 M2 D2 N2 S.

Avarohana :- S N2 D2, G2 M2 D2 G2 M2 G2 R1 S.

Pakad :-  S N D G M D G M G

             S N D N D G M

             G M G R S.

The vadi swara is Dha

The samvadi swara is Ga.

The rishabh is weak, but Gandhar (Ga) is strong, unlike Marwa. It is an Uttaranga pradhan raga, with the higher notes on the saptak (octave) being used more frequently.

SAMAY :- Raga Sohni is associated with very late night / pre-dawn, the last or eighth period of day, roughly from 3-6AM.

It is somewhat similar to Marwa and Puriya ragas in the same thaat,^[2] and also to Basant in the Poorvi thaat.

COMPOSITIONS IN THIS RAAGA

  HINDI

   jhoomti chali hawa (film - sangeet samrat tansen)

   jeevan jyot chale (film - grahasthi)

   kanha re kanha (film - truck driver)

   kuhu kuhu bole koyaliya (film - suvarna sundari)

   prem jogan banke (film - mughal-e-azam )

   payal jham jham baaje (film - basant)

   saathi re bhool na jaana mera pyaar (film - kotwal saheb)

   payaliya bawari (film - saaz aur awaaz)

   saanjh bhayi ghar aa jaa (film - aangan ki kali)

   maain mein kaise kahoon (film - dastak)

   mera pardesi naa aaya(film - mera hamsafar)

   ek to main ek to giridhar (film - jai radhe krishna)

   sab yeh jagat ka ek rakhwala (film - nastik)

   tum ne kya kya kiya hai (film - prem geet)

   saanjh dale gagan tale (film - utsav)

   bandhan tute naa (film - moohm ki goodiyan)

   mere priya maine (film - tere mere sapne)

   mera solah raat bhar (film - chamak chandni)

   kahi deep jale kabhi dil (film - bees saal baad)

   yah shyam sundar ras ka manmohan (film - artha satya)

  TELUGU

   himagiri mandira (film - mallamma katha)

   maa vela leni mugdha sukumara (film - jeevitha mella)

   baala bhaanuni bolu (film - kunthi vilapamu)

   vedham anuvanuvuna (film - saagara sangamam)

   muddabanti puchenule (film - dalapathi)

   jaali gundela meghamala (film - malliswari)

   haayi haayiga aamani saage (film - suvarna sundari)

   telugu padaniki janma dinam (film - annamayya)

   cherave mohini dari cherave (film - swarna manjari)

   che gonavayya mamsamunu (film - shri kalahasthi mahatmyam)

   o yadavulara ganuchu (film - shri krishna tulabhaaram)

   kshatriya rudiraamame (film - bhakta jayadeva)

   kila kila kila kila paduchu kokila (film - pelli sandadi)

   swaami ayyappa (film - om swami sharanamide)

   naada rupa gaanamunaku (film - amara gaanam)

   naari rasa madhuri laahiri (film - prathikaaram)

   om jeevana vaahini paavani (film - gangothri)

   jagathiki praanamu nene (film - rendu kutumbala katha)

   dayi dayi dayi dakshayinee (film - raaja simha)

   endalo needalo needalo (film - o premakatha)

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