A Detailed Study of Raag Gauri and its various Forms

A Detailed Study of Raag Gauri and its various Forms



“A Detailed Study of Raag Gauri and its various Forms

Gauri”

Gauri is an India musical raga (composition) that seems in the Sikh tradition from to the north India and is part of the Sikh holy scripture called Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS.) Every raga has a firm set of directions which rule the number of remarks that can be used; which remarks can be used; and their interplay that has to be adhered to for the composition of a tune. In the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy Granth (book) there are a total of 31 raga compositions and this raga is the third raga to emerge in the series. The composition in this raga emerge on a total of 196 sheets from sheet figures 151 to 347.

Gauri is one of some ragas that seems in the Ragmala as a ragini (subset) of Sri Raga. This is an night raga allotted to after summer and its feeling is contemplative. The composition in Gauri is very voluminous. Gauri was used by Guru Nanak, Guru Amar Das, Guru Ram Das, Guru Arjan and Guru Tegh Bahadur. Several types of Gauri Raga live historic and this likely anecdotes for the large number of variants: Gauri Cheti, Gauri Bairagan, Gauri Dipaki, Gauri Purbi-Dipaki, Gauri Guareri, Gauri-Majh, Gauri Malava, Gauri Mala, Gauri Sorath, Gauri Dakhani(Deol 2000).

Aroh: Sa Re Ga Re Ma Pa Ni Sa

Avroh: Sa Ni Dha Ma Pa, Dha Pa Ma Ga, Ga Re Sa Ni Sa

Vadi: Re

Samvadi: Pa

Occasionally Re is presented with a vibrate as in Siri Raga which has the identical vadis. Ni is granted prominence through either halting or lingering on this note.

 

Forms of Gauri in the Shri Guru Granth Sahib in Gurmat Sangeet

Sri Guru Granth Sahib, or Adi Granth, is the devout text of Sikhism. It is the last and eternal guru of the Sikhs. It is a voluminous text of 1430 angs, compiled and composed throughout the time span of Sikh gurus, from 1469 to 1708. It is a assemblage of hymns (shabda) or baani that recount the features of God and why one should meditate on God's name. Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708), the tenth gurus, affirmed the sacred text Adi Granth as his successor, increasing it to Guru Granth Sahib. The text continues the holy scripture of the Sikhs, considered as the teachings of the Ten Gurus. The function of Adi Granth, as a source or direct of plea, is key in adoration in Sikhism. (Singh 1995)

The Adi Granth was first compiled by the fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan Dev (1563-1606), from hymns of the first five Sikh gurus and other large saints, or bhagats, encompassing those of the Hindu and Muslim faith. After the demise of the tenth Sikh guru numerous revised exact replicates were prepared for circulation by Baba Deep Singh.

It is in writing in the Gurmukhi script, predominantly in archaic Punjabi, with occasional use of other ...