| Thaat | Bilaval |
|---|---|
| Type | Audava |
| Time of day | Early night, 9–12[1] |
| Arohana | S R G P N Ṡ[1] |
| Avarohana | Ṡ N P G R S[1] |
| Pakad | G P N - Ṡ N P G |
| Vadi | P |
| Samavadi | R |
| Similar | Shankara |
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Hamsadhvani (meaning "the cry of the swan"[1]), is a rāga in Carnatic music (musical scale of Carnatic tradition of Indian classical music). It is an audava rāgam (or owdava rāga, meaning pentatonic scale).[2] It is a janya rāga of the Melakartha raga, Sankarabharanam (29th) but according to Hamsadhvani's prayoga or the way it is sung it is said to be the janya of Kalyani (65th).
Hamsadhvani is also extensively used in Hindustani music and is borrowed into it from Carnatic music.[3] It was created by the Carnatic composer Ramaswami Dikshitar (1735–1817),[4] father of Muthuswami Dikshitar (one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music), and brought into Hindustani music by Aman Ali Khan of the Bhendibazaar gharana. It has become popular due to Amir Khan.
- ^ a b c d Bor, Joep; Rao, Suvarnalata (1999). The Raga Guide: A Survey of 74 Hindusthani Ragas. Nimbus Records with Rotterdam Conservatory of Music. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-9543976-0-9.
- ^ O'Brien, J.P. (1977). Non-western Music and the Western Listener. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-8403-1755-1.
- ^ Raganidhi by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras
- ^ There is no much reference about how the kriti Gajavadana Beduve by Purandaradasa was composed between 1484 - 1564 in the same tune. http://www.carnatica.net/special/rdiksitar.htm P.P.Narayanaswami on www.carnatica.net]