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Aroha

Ni Re Ga Ma(tivra) Dha Ni Sa

Avaroha

Sa Ni Dha Pa Ma(tivra) Ga Re Sa

Pakad

Ni Re Ga, Re Sa, Pa Ma(tivra) Ga Re Sa

Vadi / Samvadi

Ga / Ni

Hear the pull of Ni-Re-Ga and keep tivra Ma stable. Do not make it sound like a plain major scale exercise.

• Sing Ni-Re-Ga slowly and notice how it establishes the raga.
• Compare the descent with and without Pa to hear why grammar matters.
• Ask where tivra Ma appears and where it should not be treated casually.

Different traditions handle Yaman and Yaman Kalyan differently. Keep variants visible instead of flattening them into one rule.

Aroha

Sa re Ga Ma Pa dha Ni Sa

Avaroha

Sa Ni dha Pa Ma Ga re Sa

Pakad

Ga Ma Pa, dha Pa, Ga Ma re Sa

Vadi / Samvadi

Dha / Re

Treat komal Re and komal Dha with weight. If they are rushed, Bhairav loses its authority.

• Hold komal Re against Sa and listen for the devotional weight.
• Map where komal Dha appears in the descent.
• Compare Bhairav's morning gravity with Yaman's night brightness.

Bhairav variants and allied ragas are easy to confuse. The product should show family relationships clearly.

Aroha

Sa Re Ga Pa Dha Sa

Avaroha

Sa Dha Pa Ga Re Sa

Pakad

Ga Re Sa, Dha Sa, Re Ga, Pa Ga, Dha Pa Ga Re Sa

Vadi / Samvadi

Ga / Dha

Do not treat Bhupali as a generic five-note scale. The phrase shape is the lesson.

• Sing the pentatonic ascent without adding Ma or Ni.
• Identify whether Pa-Ga is treated as a plain jump or a raga phrase.
• Compare Bhupali with Yaman to understand omission as identity.

Ma and Ni are absent in the common teaching profile. If a source presents a variant, it should be modeled separately.