The first time I came across the phrase 'graha bheda' was in a book called Sangeetha Darpana by Prof. Ramaratnam. For someone who exactly knew the aarohana and avarohana of three or four raagas, a detailed discussion of graha bheda, it's possibilities and limitations were too much to swallow. What? Getting Kalyani from Shankarabharana and todi?
Luckily, I had the luxury of having my grandma's old harmonium at my disposal.
My friend Pavan pointed out that the google video link wasn't playing anymore. So, reblogging with updated youtube link.
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March 4, 2013 at 5:07 pm
neelanjana
Here is a link to a swarajati in which the last charaNa has a grahabheda – from Kokilarava to Ratipriya:
https://soundcloud.com/hamsanandi/a-swarajati-in-kokilarava-with
This is my own composition
Thought of adding it here since I spoke about such compositions in the lec-dem video. However, I came up with this composition much later, and had no clue I would do one such when I’d given that talk in 2008!