Poet and composer
Great South Indian poet-composer, tyAgarAja perfected the tune bangALam in his composition girirAjasutA tanaya.
This is a prayer to Lord Ganesh, but from a secular, pure music point of view, it is a great+sweet tune.
Information for Euro American Music
The tune 'bangAlam' has notes matching with CMajor. Movement is somewhat zig-zag.
The note 'a' is not used. 'b' is not used while climbing up.
Movement: c,d,e,f, d,g,c'2. c'2,b,g,f, d,e,d,c.
Rhythm: 4/8/16. Each bar in the following notation has 8 notes. Accuracy of counting and calculation has been checked while generating the midi file with abc2midi.
Information for North Indian Music (HindusthAni Music):
Name 'bangALam' implies that the tune originated in Bengal State of India, sometime in the past. Yet, I am unable to trace the rAg or its equivalent in HindusthAni. We can, therefore, use the same name 'bangAlam' in HindUsthAni music also. ThATh: bilAval mAnnA ucit hOgA.
ArOhi: sa, suddh strong ri, suddh strong ga, soft suddh ma, ri, pa, sa'.
avrOhi: sa', suddh strong ni, pa, suddh strong ma, suddh strong ri, strong ga, strong ri, sa.
tAL: tIn tAL.
Information for South Indian Music (karnATic Music):
Mother tune is #29 SankarAbharaNam.
ArOhaNa: sa, catusriti strong ri, antara strong ga, soft suddh ma, ri, pa, sa'
avarOhaNa: sa', strong kAkali ni, pa, soft suddh ma, strong ri, strong ga, strong ri, sa.
tALam: Adi tALam.
For composers and experimenters : The following notation can be copied into a note pad or Gedit text editor and saved as some filename (txt file). How to convert into mid: Give the command abc2midi filename. We shall get filename1.mid.
How to convert into wav: timidity -Ow filename1.mid. We get filename1.wav.
How to convert into mp3: lame filename1.wav filenameourchoice.mp3. We get mp3.
X:1
T: tune bangALam Adi - giri rAja sutA tanaya - composer tyAgarAja
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:320
K:C
%note sequence of the tune bangALam
[V:1]%%MIDI program 114 %steel drums
c2d2 e2f2 | d2g2 c'4 | c'2b2 g2f2 | d2e2 d2c2 |
[V:2]%%MIDI program 13 %xylophone as percussion
c2d2 e2f2 | d2g2 c'4 | c'2b2 g2f2 | d2e2 d2c2 ||
%stanza 1 or pallavi or sthAyi
[V:1]
d2g2 f4 | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | def2 d4 |
d2g2 gfef | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | defg gfef |
d2g2 gfef | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | g2c'2 c'bgf |
d2g2 gfef | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | d'2c'2 c'bgf |
d2g2 f4 | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | def2 d4 |
c8 | c8| c8| c8 |
[V:2]
d2g2 f4 | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | def2 d4 |
d2g2 gfef | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | defg gfef |
d2g2 gfef | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | g2c'2 c'bgf |
d2g2 gfef | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | d'2c'2 c'bgf |
d2g2 f4 | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | def2 d4 |
c8 | c8| c8| c8 ||
%stanza 2 or anupallavi or antrA
[V:1]
g2c'2 d'4 | d'2c'd' e'4 | e'2f'2 d'4 | e'2d'2 c'4 |
g2c'2 d'4 | d'2e'd' c'd'e'2 | e'2f'2 d'4 | e'2d'2 c'4 |
c'd'c'b g4 | f2g2 c'4 | c'd'c'b g4 | gfef d4 |
c'd'c'b g4 | f2g2 c'4 | e'd'c'b d'c'bg | c'bgf gfef |
g2c'2 c'bgf | d2c2 gfef | d2c2 cdcB | G2c2 d2ef |
g2c'2 bc'd'2 | e'f'd'2 c'd'bc' | c'bg2 gfef | d2ef dcBc |
d2g2 f4 | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | def2 d4 |
c8 | c8| c8| c8 |
[V:2]
g2c'2 d'4 | d'2c'd' e'4 | e'2f'2 d'4 | e'2d'2 c'4 |
g2c'2 d'4 | d'2e'd' c'd'e'2 | e'2f'2 d'4 | e'2d'2 c'4 |
c'd'c'b g4 | f2g2 c'4 | c'd'c'b g4 | gfef d4 |
c'd'c'b g4 | f2g2 c'4 | e'd'c'b d'c'bg | c'bgf gfef |
g2c'2 c'bgf | d2c2 gfef | d2c2 cdcB | G2c2 d2ef |
g2c'2 bc'd'2 | e'f'd'2 c'd'bc' | c'bg2 gfef | d2ef dcBc |
d2g2 f4 | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | def2 d4 |
c8 | c8| c8| c8 ||
%stanza 3 or caraNam
[V:1]
g2g2 g4 | f2g2 c'4 | c'd'c'b g4 | gfef d4 |
d2c2 efg2 | f2d2 c4 | c'd'c'b g4 | gfef d4 |
[V:2]
g2g2 g4 | f2g2 c'4 | c'd'c'b g4 | gfef d4 |
d2c2 efg2 | f2d2 c4 | c'd'c'b g4 | gfef d4 ||
%stanza 4 or repeat of stanza 2 and stanza1-last line.
[V:1]
g2c'2 d'4 | d'2c'd' e'4 | e'2f'2 d'4 | e'2d'2 c'4 |
g2c'2 d'4 | d'2e'd' c'd'e'2 | e'2f'2 d'4 | e'2d'2 c'4 |
c'd'c'b g4 | f2g2 c'4 | c'd'c'b g4 | gfef d4 |
c'd'c'b g4 | f2g2 c'4 | e'd'c'b d'c'bg | c'bgf gfef |
g2c'2 c'bgf | d2c2 gfef | d2c2 cdcB | G2c2 d2ef |
g2c'2 bc'd'2 | e'f'd'2 c'd'bc' | c'bg2 gfef | d2ef dcBc |
d2g2 f4 | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | def2 d4 |
c8 | c8| c8| c8 |
[V:2]
g2c'2 d'4 | d'2c'd' e'4 | e'2f'2 d'4 | e'2d'2 c'4 |
g2c'2 d'4 | d'2e'd' c'd'e'2 | e'2f'2 d'4 | e'2d'2 c'4 |
c'd'c'b g4 | f2g2 c'4 | c'd'c'b g4 | gfef d4 |
c'd'c'b g4 | f2g2 c'4 | e'd'c'b d'c'bg | c'bgf gfef |
g2c'2 c'bgf | d2c2 gfef | d2c2 cdcB | G2c2 d2ef |
g2c'2 bc'd'2 | e'f'd'2 c'd'bc' | c'bg2 gfef | d2ef dcBc |
d2g2 f4 | d2e2 d4 | c2B2 c4 | def2 d4 |
c8 | c8| c8| c8 ||
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