Asa (raga)

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Asa

Thaat	Bilaval
Type	Audava-Sampurna
Time of day	Evening
Arohana	S R M P D Ṡ
Avarohana	Ṡ N D P M G R S
Vadi	Ma
Samavadi	Sa

Hindustani classical music
Concepts
Shruti Swara Raga Tala Gharana Instruments
Genres
Dhrupad Dhamar Khyal Tarana Thumri Dadra Qawwali Ghazal
Thaats
Bilaval Khamaj Kafi Asavari Bhairav Bhairavi Todi Purvi Marva Kalyan
v t e

Raga Asa is an Indian

. In composing a tune, every raga follows rules that govern the number of notes that can be used, which notes can be used, and their interplay.

In the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy Granth (book), 60 ragas appear and are of equal and independent status. Numerous Shabad Reet compositions base based on these ragas are popular in the tradition. The Gurbani hymns under raga Asa appear in Sri Guru Granth Sahib.^{[citation needed]}

Asa offers emotions of inspiration and courage. This raga gives the listener the determination and ambition to put aside any excuses and to proceed with necessary actions to achieve the aim. It generates feelings of passion and zeal to succeed, and the energy generated from these feelings enables the listener to find the strength to achieve success. The determined mood of this raga motivates the listener to be inspired.^{[citation needed]}

Asa appeared during the 16th century. It was introduced in the classical singing styles of Gurmat Sangeet by

.

Notes

The order of notes that can be used on the ascending and descending phase of the composition and the primary and secondary notes are:

• Aroh: S R M P D Ṡ
• Avroh: Ṡ N D P M G R S
• Vadi: Ma
• Samvadi: Sa
• Thaat : Bilaval
• Jaati : Audava – Sampurna
• Resting notes : Avroha ga , ni
• Time : Evening

Asa is a crooked (vakra) raga requiring approaches to certain notes be made from a set position^{[clarification needed]}. Its variants, as given in the Guru Granth Sahib, are Kafi and Asavari, both of which have many features in common with Asa.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Kirtan
• Raga
• Taal

References

External links

• A Sikh Shabad in Raga Asa
• Raga Asa instrumental played with a Taus
• Gurmat Sangeet Project
• Raj Academy of Asian Music
• Sikhnet: Shabad for Printing