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Raag Bhimpalasi ਭੀਮਪਲਾਸੀ

Do not dwell much on pancham.

Make a palta in Raag Bhimpalasi

Thaat: Kafi
Jaati: audav-sampurna
Vadi: Ma ਮ
Samvadi: Sa ਸ
Time: third pahar of the day
Swaras: SaRegaMaPaDhani

Aroh and avroh

Aroh — going up

EnglishniSagaMaPaniSaਗੁਰਮੁਖੀਨਸਗਮਪਨਸदेवनागरीनिसागमपनिसा

Avroh — coming down

EnglishSaniDhaPagaMagaReSaਗੁਰਮੁਖੀਸਨਧਪਗਮਗਰਸदेवनागरीसानिधपगमगरेसा

From the raag introduction in Gurmat Sangeet Sagar, Part 1, page 281, by Principal Dyal Singh. Commas are the book's own groupings. A dash under a swara is komal, a dot under it mandra (lower octave), a dot over it taar (upper octave), a stroke over Ma teevra.

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Practising Raag Bhimpalasi

Sing the aroh and avroh slowly over the tanpura, then in palta form: the studio's palta builder takes a few swaras and builds the whole aroh and avroh using only the swaras Raag Bhimpalasi takes, each way, as the book prints them. Start at ek gun (one swara a matra) and move to do gun and chaugun as it settles.