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Raaga Darbari – Darbari is probably the most celebrated midnight raga in North Indian music, a very majestic raga. According to tradition Darbari was composed by Tansen for Akbar’s court, where the name Darbari, probably after akarnatic (South Indian) origin.
Profound in its emotive content, Darbari is a melody with a dignity and grandeur all its own. The raga is part of the Asavart that, it contains seven notes SA Ra Ga Ma Dha Ni SA, with the notes Gam Dha and Ni as komal notes (flat notes); Re and Pa re the vadi and the samavadi. The aroba is the (ascending scale) and avaroba is the (descending scale). The tala is teental.
2. Rafa Mishra Kafi: This is a variety of Raga kafi, a very melodic and sweet raga. Here Manilal Nag gives a full explosion of his sense of melody rendering this rag in a very fascinating and Sa Riga Ma Pa dha Ni Sa ni Dha Oa Ma ga ri.
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