Gurbani Raag Dhanasri
According to one school of Music this raga is a ragini (consort) of raga Malkaus. It is made up of a mixture of Todi, Asawari and Marwa ragas. It is sung in four different forms: Kafi form, Multani form, Puria form and Bharvi form This raga is included in the Ragamala listed at the end of Guru Granth Sahib. The scale and notes of the four forms listed above are the same and are as follows:
Arohi (ascending scale) - sa ga ma pa ni sa
Avrohi (descending scale) - sa ni dha pa ma ga re sa
The vadi (most popular) note is 'pa' and samvadi (second most popular) note is 'sa'.
This raga is sung at the third part of the day i.e., from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. The season
of its recitation is winter (shisher) i.e., during December and January.
The composers of bani (hymns) in this raga are:
The sequence of the structure of compositions in this raga are:
The word 'Shud' is written at the end of the var. For the explanation of this comment please refer to page.
Count of the use of Managals:
Placement and count of rahau verses:
All shabads and ashtpadis of the Sikh Gurus, except Guru Tegh Bahadur, have rahau verses in them, some with numeral '1' and some without numeral '1' (page 663-665). All rahau verses have been placed at the end of the first padas of the shabads.
In Guru Tegh Bahadur's shabads, all rahau verses have numeral '1' with them and all verses have been placed in the beginning of the shabads.
In the Bhagat Bani all the shabads have rahau verses in them, some with numerals and some without numerals (page 694), and most of them have been placed at the end of the first padas of the shabads. In the last shabad of Bhagat Ravidas (page 694), it is placed in the beginning of the shabad.
Diversification of headings/subheadings in this raga:
Composers Structure of Bani