I have a 4 CD set of Raag Guide by Nimbus Records.

This is basically very useful for persons who want to learn a little bit about Raags. Each Raag is treated in a short recording of about 3 to 6 minutes while including all the features of the Raag including the Alaap

There are 74 recordings - if any one is intrested I can upload the same.

Best Regards
Billu Bharaj

I would be greately obliged if you could u/l them.

Okay I will be doing that shortly if there is sufficient demand or I shall PM these to you.

Meanwhile you can learn more about the collection and a get complete listing of the recordings at the url given below:

http://tinyurl.com/8jtjp

The recordings are by 4 major artists namely:

Hariprasad Chaurasia, flute
Buddhadev DasGupta, sarod
Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar, vocal
Vidyadhar Vyas, vocal

Regards
Billu Bharaj

Billuji, that sounds like a must-have set!!
Would really appreciate if you could u/l it.
Though, must admit that 74 u/s would be a tall order.
Well, we would be happy with whatever you can

Billu-ji,
Neki aur pooch pooch ? Pls U/L. Since 74 u/l isn't going to be easy, you could put several short tracks into a folder and zip folders together.
Bibhas

Here Goes the first Group of 5 Raags

Abhogi
Adana
Ahir Bhairav
Ahilaya Bhairav
Asavari

Upload # 2 the following raags:

Bageshri
Bahar
Basant
Bhairav
Bhairavi

Great... I am going to give it a shot. (sans the wink)

Though I have reduced the bit rate somewhat to reduce the file size, the quality of the recording is stil VERY HIGH.

Need your feed back to know if I should continue with the uploads.

Billu Bharaj

Billu ji,
You're right, even at 32 kbps it sounded great on my computer. Hopefully it'll hold the promise on my Dolby Surround system when I get home.
Bibhas

I guess in this case the reduced bitrate is the least of my concerns. Can you tell me some more about the contents of the booklet? I don't think I can learn anything from just listening to these, I'd probably need some lessons in the theory too.

Talaikya Ji,

Please refer to the url below for more information, perhaps you have to order the origional set so that you can get the origional 196 page Guide Book also.


http://tinyurl.com/8jtjp


Regards

Yes, I did refer to that URL, which is how I realised there's a book. I just needed to know if the book would be useful to someone like me who is totally clueless about Raagas , hence I was trying to get some feedback from you. I guess I didn't explain properly . Nevermind, I think a friend of mine has something similar if not the same set, I'll give it a once over and see if it works for me. Thanks a lot.

Hi Bibhas,

I am uploading the first recording Raag Abhogi in full CD quality so that you can check the difference.

Of course the 128 kbps sounded better but even the 32kbps is of very good quality, so I leave it to your convenience for the remaining uploads. On another note, I'm unable to extract Bhairavi from the second set of raagas you uploaded. The other four from this set came through fine. Could you upload that track again ?
thanks
Bibhas

Bibhas Ji,

You are right, that file had not been uploaded correctly and I have now replaced it with the correct one.


For now I shall continue to upload all the 74 raags at the lower birate - at my pace.


Regards

You can read the whole Raga Guide online here:

http://www.wyastone.co.uk/nrl/world/raga/

Billuji, this is really very very good for someone who's just finding his feet in raagdaari.
Lovely uploads. Much appreciated.
Can't wait to listen to all the rest.
Thanx very very much.

Here is another site:
http://sarangi.info/sarangi/ragamala.htm

You can download the tracks (and they have lots of them) for Raag Parichay. It has Khurshid Anwar’s commentary with a brief raga renditions by the most well known Pakistani Kheyal singers.

Thanks

Akash

I thought it would be interesting to check whether there are such other recordings available that are a max of 3-5 minutes duration, which will help a learner to understand raags better.
Granted, this 74-raag compilation is massive, but there would still be raags like Shivranjani that are fairly common in sugam sangeet, but are not played/sung regularly in albums.
Can the connoisseurs here shed some light?

Akash, this looks to be an excellent site. Never knew of it. Thanx a ton. This is what I was asking about in my earlier post.

Here is another one-
http://www.itcsra.org/sra_others_samay_index.html

Most of the major ragas are covered here. These are presented by Mashkoor Ali Khan & Subhra Guha. You can listen to them ONLINE, but can't download in WMA or MP3 format. I will have to check my PC to see if I have MP3 compilation of this. If anyone interested I can search & upload.
Thanks.
Akash

Great Site - Very Intresting. Thanks

Billu Bharaj

For beginers I suggest the Raag Prichay Software -- Award-winning, interactive, multi-media software, presenting Extensive Audio Illustrations and Information for Ragas of North Indian Classical Music.

visit the url below


http://www.ragaparichaya.com/

It has good graphics all notations are shown on an harmonium scale, and I think it also has a hindi version. Try out the 30 day free version.


Regards
Billu Bharaj

The next batch of 5 Raags

Bhatiyar
Bhimplasi
Bhupali Todi
Bhupali
Bhibas

Anurag, This is, as I am sure you've noticed by now, only an excerpt.

Billu-ji, thanks for set # 3. Can't wait for set #4 since that includes Bilaskhani Todi, one of my favorites. Does the book define the notation they use for HCM ? Some of the phrases are a little confusing to me the way they've notated them.
Bibhas

The last 3 tracks of CD 1


Buddhadev DasGupta
16 Bihag 4.13

Hariprasad Chaurasia
17 Bilaskhani todi 4.15

Buddhadev DasGupta
18 Brindabani sarang 5.27



That Completed CD 1

Billuji,
Thanks a lot for u/l these. It's very educational.
-A

Well here goes with the next set of uploads from CD # 2. 6 tracks are included in the rar file.

Vidyadhar Vyas
1 Chandrakauns 4.34

Buddhadev DasGupta
2 Chayanat 3.39
3 Darbari kanada 6.16

Hariprasad Chaurasia
4 Desh 4.40

Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar
5 Deshi 3.43
6 Dhani 3.34

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