We are going to do bandish.
This is a two-jhaptal of ten beats.
I'm going to play jhaptal first.
The beauty of this composition is...
..the composition is in the jhaptal,
but it is very loose, but it fits.
Suppose if I sing this composition like this.
(Sings)
This is a basic composition,
but when I'm singing, it's not like that.
When I'm singing in front of listeners,
the power of that rag, mood,
the expression of that rag, of that composition,
I have to convey it to the listeners.
You have to convey your feelings about that rag to other people.
It's a very old composition.
That much actually I know. That much my father told me.
Your father taught it to you?
Yeah, yeah, he taught me that composition.
is there a notation for the composition?
It has a notation, if you have Bhatkhande's.
They have seven or eight volumes, I think.
You can find this notation there.
You will find this composition.
Did you use this notation?
when your father taught it, did he say, well...?
Yeah, yeah.
Well, notation actually...
..suppose if I want to remember any composition,
say if I have written...
Now you can keep it in audio cassettes,
but in olden days, it was not available,
so this was the only written notation we had.
(Sings)
We don't have a detailed notation,
just the structure of the composition.
(Sings)
According to that composition, you have to improvise it.
You have to ... a bit.
Now, the bol alap, the rule is,
or how you say, the discipline is, of bol alap is,
you have to take the whole composition's voice.
It should come, maybe in one cycle or in two cycles.
(Sings)