Rhythm Guitar Lessons
Learn guitar chords and strumming techniques
Raag Puriya Kalyan is considered to be a blend of Raag Puriya and Raag Kalyan, and belongs to the Marwa Thaat.
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The intervals in this scale after the Tonic note are Minor 2nd, Major 3rd, Augmenetd 4th, Perfect 5th, Major 6th and Major 7th. The Swars are Sa, re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni – all Shuddh except Komal re and Tivra Ma.
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The equivalent scale in Western music can be referred to a Lydian b2 scale (1, b2. 3, #4, 5, 6, 7).
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The scale structure allows the use of some very interesting chords. For instance, while the home chord is D, due to the presence of both D and D# notes, you can play both the major and minor chords with B as the root note.
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Here is a Santoor recital of this Raag by Shri Gurunandan Padukone with added guitar chords.
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