(Lesson 6.1)

Alankar 1 | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Ṡa | Scale C# | Male | Alankar riyaz

Alankar 1 | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Ṡa | Scale C# | Male | Alankar riyaz

By Shripad Limbekar
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In this lesson, we will do our very first alankar riyaz with all 7 natural notes (shuddha swar). This is also called sargam alankar or Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Ṡa alankar. This alankar is: Aaroh (ascending): Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Ṡa Avroh (descending): Ṡa Ni Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa We will do our sur-abhyas or sur-riyaz (notes practice) with laya/beats. Before beginning, we should understand briefly about laya/taal/beats. There are three types of beats: vilambit laya (slow tempo), madhya laya (medium tempo), dhrut laya (fast tempo). A laya can simply be defined as the distance between two beats. Watch the video for the demonstration of different layas.

This lesson is in C# scale, which is suitable for males. If you are a female watch this lesson, Alankar 1 | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Ṡa | Scale A# Female. There are several tabla or metronome apps to play these beats at different speeds or beats-per-minute (bpm). After fixing a laya (bpm), you can do your sur riyaz.

Teel taal: Teen taal has 16 matra (16 beats), divided into 4 khand (segments) of 4 matra (beats) each. Teen taal bol: || Dha Dhin Dhin Dha | Dha Dhin Dhin Dha | Dhan Tin Tin Ta | Ta Dhin Dhin Dha || Taali: 3 (at 1, 5, 13 beats) Khaali: 1 (at 9th beat) Watch the video for the demonstration of teen taal. We will now start our alankar 1 riyaz. This alankar is simply, Aaroh (ascending): Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Ṡa Avroh (descending): Ṡa Ni Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa

In this lesson, here is how we will practice:

  1. sing every swar/note for 16 matra (beats).
  2. sing every swar/note for 8 matra (beats).
  3. sing every swar/note for 4 matra (beats).
  4. sing every swar/note for 2 matra (beats).
  5. sing every swar/note for 1 matra (beat).

As we discussed, this lesson covers 7 natural notes (shuddha swars). To get an understanding of all 12 notes, watch these lessons as well:

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Dhruv Rawat (1 year ago)
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Amazing.. thank you so much for your efforts🙏
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Raghav Kumar (1 year ago)
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thank you for the riyaz session sir
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