Raag Marwa

Raag Marwa is the head of the Marwa family of Raags. Marwa traces its roots back to an ancient raag named Malawa. It sounds most beautiful at dusk. Marwa has the ability to create a feeling of restlessness in both the performer as well as the audience by the over-use of komal Re and the deliberate avoidance of Sa. The restlessness is ultimately put to an end by displaying the Shadaj.

Raag Marwa Introduction

Raag Marwa, a short presentation

Key Features of Raag Marwa

Pa is omitted in the raag.
Re is ati-komal which means it is slightly lower than the usual komal Re.
The Vadi and Samvadi of Marwa do not follow the rules of Vadi-Samvadi pairs in general. Learn more about Vadi-Samvadi in the Raag Framework article.
It is a poorvaang pradhan raag, which means the raag is elaborated more in the lower region up to Ma.
As a Parmel praveshak raag, Marwa is the last raag performed in its prahar after which the Kalyan family of raags are performed.
Mood: Melancholic
Watch the video for a demonstration of the above features of Raag Marwa.

Aaroh-Avroh	dl nl R g M d n su ru n d M g R s
Vadi, Samvadi	R, d
Nyaas Swars	R, d
Jati	Shadav
Pakad	d M g R, g M d M g R, M g R s
Time	Dusk
Thaat	Marwa