Srinivas Reddy (sitar) and Ajit Acharaya (tabla) returned to Blackstone Field on Saturday, June 29, for another memorable evening of Classical Indian Music. The ragas they performed were Raga Gawoti and Raga Pilu
“Gawoti is equated with Bhim by many scholars, although this has become a matter of some controversy. Gawoti has the same arohi and avarohi (ascending and descending movements) as Bhim, but consistently uses the phrases n S’ D P and G m R n. S, which Bhim doesn’t. Bhim on the other hand, often uses the phrases m P G R S and m P G m G R S, distinguishing it from Gawoti. Both raags recall their kinship with Bhimpalasi through the use of komal gandhar in the upper octave in the phrase S’ g’ R’ S’. Unlike Bhimpalasi, however, the R and Dha are more prominent and the madhyam is weaker and used in a vakra fashion.”
