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Raag Bilawal ਬਿਲਾਵਲ

Madhyam is weak in the aroh and nishad is weak in the avroh.

Make a palta in Raag Bilawal Reet 3: ਮਨੁ ਬੇਧਿਆ ਦਇਆਲ ਸੇਤੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਮਾਈReet 9: ਦਾਸ ਤੇਰੇ ਕੀ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਰਿਦ ਕਰਿ ਪਰਗਾਸੁReet 12: ਤੁਹੀ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮੀ ਤੂਹੀ ਵਸਹਿ ਸਾਧ ਕੈ ਸੰਗ

Thaat
Bilawal
Jaati
sampurna
Vadi
Dha ਧ
Samvadi
Ga ਗ
Time
first pahar of the day
Swaras
SaReGaMaPaDhaNini

Shuddh Bilawal, form 1: aroh and avroh

Aroh — going up

EnglishSaReGaMaPaNiDhaNiSaਗੁਰਮੁਖੀਸਰਗਮਪਨਧਨਸदेवनागरीसारेगमपनिधनिसा

Avroh — coming down

EnglishSaNiDhaPaMaGaReSaਗੁਰਮੁਖੀਸਨਧਪਮਗਰਸदेवनागरीसानिधपमगरेसा

Shuddh Bilawal, form 2: aroh and avroh

Aroh — going up

EnglishSaReGaMaGaPaNiDhaNiSaਗੁਰਮੁਖੀਸਰਗਮਗਪਨਧਨਸदेवनागरीसारेगमगपनिधनिसा

Avroh — coming down

EnglishSaNiDhaPaMaGaReSaਗੁਰਮੁਖੀਸਨਧਪਮਗਰਸदेवनागरीसानिधपमगरेसा

Alhaiya Bilawal: aroh and avroh

Aroh — going up

EnglishSaReSaGaReGaPaDhaNiDhaNiSaਗੁਰਮੁਖੀਸਰਸਗਰਗਪਧਨਧਨਸदेवनागरीसारेसागरेगपधनिधनिसा

Avroh — coming down

EnglishSaNiDhaPaDhaniDhaPaMaGaMaReSaਗੁਰਮੁਖੀਸਨਧਪਧਨਧਪਮਗਮਰਸदेवनागरीसानिधपधनिधपमगमरेसा

From the raag introduction in Gurmat Sangeet Sagar, Part 1, page 23, 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.

Practising Raag Bilawal

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 Bilawal 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.

Reets in Raag Bilawal in the studio