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Raag · 9 am – noon · Earnest, serious

जौनपुरीJaunpuri

Asavari with shuddh Re: Ga left out going up and coming in gently on the way down. Earnest and serious, for the late morning.

This landscape is drawn from the raag: the far mountain rises with its aaroh and falls with its avaroh, and the near hills follow its pakad.

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SRGMPDNजौनपुरी

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Thaat
Asavari
Jati
Shadav–Sampurna
Vadi and samvadi
komal Dha and komal Ga
Its hour
9 am – noon, 2nd prahar of the day
Its mood
Earnest, serious

Jaunpuri is a raag of the second prahar of the day, the late morning. It belongs to Asavari thaat, with komal Ga, Dha and Ni, and shuddh Re: earnest and serious, with none of Asavari's darker raags' heaviness. Going up it leaves out Ga entirely; coming down, Ga returns, gently, just before home.

Hear it

Aaroh
SRMPDNS
Avaroh
SNDPMGRS
Pakad
RMPDMPNDPGRS

How it moves

Komal Dha is Jaunpuri's vadi and komal Ga its samvadi. Its pakad is a chain of short phrases, each returning to Pa:

From Re to Pa, skipping Ga
RMP
Komal Dha, through Ma, to Pa
DMP
From komal Ni down to Pa
NDP
And home, Ga at last
GRS
Up to taar Sa
MPDNS

Its hour

1st prahar of the day, 6–9 am12nd prahar of the day, 9 am – noon23rd prahar of the day, noon – 3 pm34th prahar of the day, 3–6 pm41st prahar of the night, 6–9 pm12nd prahar of the night, 9 pm – midnight23rd prahar of the night, midnight – 3 am34th prahar of the night, 3–6 am4midnight6 amnoon6 pmnightdayJaunpuri9 am – noon
2nd prahar of the day, 9 am – noon. Its hour’s other raags: Todi, Deshkar.

Jaunpuri belongs to the second prahar of the day, from 9 in the morning to noon. Its vadi, komal Dha, lies in the upper half of the saptak, the half that by Bhatkhande's observation belongs between midnight and noon.

On the bansuri

  • S
  • R
  • G
  • M
  • P
  • D
  • N
  • S
Its swaras on the bansuri, from Sa to taar Sa: a dark hole closed, a half-dark one half closed. Every swara’s fingering, in your key →

Look-alikes

Darbari Kanada, of the same thaat, swings its komal Ga and Dha slowly and belongs to midnight:

SRGMPDNजौनपुरीJaunpuriVadi komal Dha, samvadi komal Ga · 9 am – noon
Jaunpuri’s pakad
RMPDMPNDPGRS
SRGMPDNदरबारी कान्हड़ाDarbari KanadaVadi Re, samvadi Pa · midnight – 3 am
Darbari Kanada’s pakad
RGRSDNPMPNS
The same swaras: they differ in where they dwell and how they move.

Kafi raises Jaunpuri's komal Dha to shuddh, and lets Ga into the climb:

SRGMPDNजौनपुरीJaunpuriVadi komal Dha, samvadi komal Ga · 9 am – noon
Jaunpuri’s pakad
RMPDMPNDPGRS
SRGMPDNकाफ़ीKafiVadi Pa, samvadi Sa · 9 pm – midnight
Kafi’s pakad
SSRRGGMMP
Jaunpuri has komal Dha; Kafi has Dha.

Practise it

  1. Long notes on komal Dha and Pa.
  2. The aaroh and avaroh, slowly, minding Ga's absence going up.
  3. The pakad and the phrases, each coming home to Pa.
Komal Dha and Pa, held
D–––P–––D–––P–––
A short aalap
S–RMP–––
DMP–NDP–
MPDNS–––
NDPMGRS–
A riyaz of Raag Jaunpuri

Meend starts it with Aaroh–Avaroh, Pakad, Aalap and Bandish, 27 minutes a day, and listens as you play: each swara of the notation lit as it is played, the time kept, a lotus grown petal by petal.

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Questions

Which thaat is Jaunpuri in?

Asavari: komal Ga, Dha and Ni, with shuddh Re.

Why is Ga left out of Jaunpuri's aaroh?

It is the raag's way: Re climbs straight to Ma, and Ga is kept for the descent, where it comes gently before Re and Sa.

When is Jaunpuri sung?

In the second prahar of the day, the late morning.