Raag Kedar

Raag Kedar is an ancient raag with a very crooked gait. It belongs to the Kalyan thaat. Watch the videos for a demonstration of the vakra chalan, the alpatva of Ga and komal Ni swars, and the kalyan ang in Kedar.

Raag Kedar Introduction

Raag Kedar, a short presentation

Key Features of Raag Kedar

  • Kedar consists of both Ma’s and Ni’s.

  • Ga is an alpa swar and is used only to go to Pa.

  • Komal Ni is also an alpa swar.

  • In Kedar, the Teevra Ma and Shuddh Ma are used consecutively even though it is against Hindustani Raag rules.

  • Some textbooks state the Jati of Kedar as Audav-Shadav because they consider Re and Ga to be absent in the aaroh and Ga to be absent in the avroh. However, if you listen to the raag chalan carefully you will notice the use of all seven notes in a vakra manner. Hence, it can be categorized as a Vakra-Sampoorna jati raag. The Jati of such raags can be difficult to determine.

  • Certain phrases from the Kalyan Ang are found in Kedar, which is why it is included in the Kalyan family. Example:

$pdpp su, su n d n @suru su d M $pdpp su

  • Mood:  Expresses beauty, romance, and separation in romance.

  • Movement of notes: vakra.

Aaroh-Avroh

s m, m g p, M p d M p su

su n d p M p d N d p, M p d p m, m r s

Vadi, Samvadi

m, s
Nyaas Swars

s, m, p
Jati Vakra-Sampoorna
Pakad s m, M p d M p m, r s
Time 1st prahar of the night (7pm-10pm)
Thaat Kalyan

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