Aavirbhaav And Tirobhaav

Among the hundreds of raags that exist, only 10 are Janak raags. Janak raags are root or parent raags. They are not derived from any other raag and have no influence from other raags. The 10 thaats are named after these raags. All other raags are derived from Janak raags. They either belong to a family of raags ex. Kanada prakaars, they could have one or more angs, ex. Deshkar, or they could be a tweak of the janak raag created by adding or discarding just one or more notes ex. Shuddh Kalyan. These derivations of raags produce a countless number of new raags in Indian Classical Music, each having its own unique beauty. This causes certain raags to have an overlap of phrases between them.

While presenting a raag, the act of showing or noticing another similar raag is known as Tirobhaav of the current raag. This Tirobhav may be unintentional or it could be deliberately shown by a proficient artist. Either ways it should be brief.

After a Tirobhaav, the act of making the original raag very apparent is called an Aavirbhaav of the raag.

Watch the video for a demonstration of Aavirbhaav and Tirobhaav using Kedar-Hameer and Bhairavi-Kirwani as examples.