Quote Originally Posted by Roshan View Post
BTW, would appreciate if you can explain a bit about graha bedam
Its a very popular technique where scale changes in a particular raga helps in arriving at another raga.....
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for example take the raga- mohanam- say the scale C - the notes are S R2 G2 P D2 S; in western C D E G A Ctop
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1) if we take R2 G2 P D2 S R2 from mohanam and use R2 as S, we get the ragam - madhyamavathi

2) same way if we take - G2 P D2 S R2 G2 and take G2 as S, we get the ragam- hindolam

In the same way with, P as lower S- we get sudha saveri and with D2 as S we get sudha dhanyasi

this is what is known as graha bedam......

graha bedam is also possible in various ragams, be it melakartha or janya ragams.....

take even charukesi- we get three ragams using graha bedam - vachaspathi, natakapriya and gowri manohari.....

hope this answers your question or have i confused you even more.....