Ravi Shankar Raga Bairagi Todi

Raga Bairagi Todi ( ) Alap & Jor Gat in Tala Sadey Gyarah ( 11 1/2 ) Ravi Shankar - Sitar Kumar Bose - Tablas From “ Spirit of India “ 1988 Raga Bairagi Todi ( Morning Raga ) was a creation of R.S. in the late 60´s. Pentatonic raga, it has the elements of the Ragas Bairagi or Bairagi Bairav ( also a creation of R.S. ) and the traditional Ragas Bilashkani Todi and Bhupal Todi. The Gat is in an unusual rhythmic cicle of 11 1/2 beats - the divisions are 4 4 2 1 1/2. --------------- “ When I start to perform a raga, the first thing I do is to shut out the world around me and try to go down deep within myself. When, with control and concentration, I have cut myself off from the outside world, I step on to the threshold of the raga with feelings of humility, reverence and awe. To me a raga is like a living person and to establish that intimate oneness between music and musician, one must proceed slowly. And when that oneness is achieved, it is the m