Chhaaya · 1961
Chham Chham Nachat Ayi Bahar
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Sources differ: Bahar and Basant Bahar are separately reported. RagaPedia has not resolved this difference or verified a multi-raag treatment of the recording.
Reported raagRaagA recognisable arrangement of notes and musical behaviour that guides melody. A raag’s identity involves how notes are used, not just a list of pitches.Source: N2 §2.1, pp. 14–15; §2.2.1, p. 15. and 1 moreMore in the glossary
Bahar
A named writer on music analysed the song in this raagRaagA recognisable arrangement of notes and musical behaviour that guides melody. A raag’s identity involves how notes are used, not just a list of pitches.Source: N2 §2.1, pp. 14–15; §2.2.1, p. 15. and 1 moreMore in the glossary. This records what the source says; a musician has not checked the recording note by note.
Evidence: Named musician's analysis · Rajan Parrikar, Hindustani raag articles, The Kanada Constellation (Part 3/3) — https://www.parrikar.org/hindustani/kanada-page3/ — Raga Bahar; paragraph opening: “Lata Mangeshkar‘s number in CHHAYA, composed by Salil Chowdhary: chhama chhama nachata”
Source wording: “Lata Mangeshkar‘s number in CHHAYA, composed by Salil Chowdhary: chhama chhama nachata aayi bahar.”
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Reported raagRaagA recognisable arrangement of notes and musical behaviour that guides melody. A raag’s identity involves how notes are used, not just a list of pitches.Source: N2 §2.1, pp. 14–15; §2.2.1, p. 15. and 1 moreMore in the glossary
Basant Bahar
A named writer on music analysed the song in this raagRaagA recognisable arrangement of notes and musical behaviour that guides melody. A raag’s identity involves how notes are used, not just a list of pitches.Source: N2 §2.1, pp. 14–15; §2.2.1, p. 15. and 1 moreMore in the glossary as one of several raagsRaagA recognisable arrangement of notes and musical behaviour that guides melody. A raag’s identity involves how notes are used, not just a list of pitches.Source: N2 §2.1, pp. 14–15; §2.2.1, p. 15. and 1 moreMore in the glossary in the song. This records what the source says; a musician has not checked the recording note by note.
Evidence: Named musician's analysis · Amrita Dutta, doctoral thesis (University of Delhi, 2018), ch.3, printed p.247 (PDF p.76), notated analysis
Source wording: “फ़िल्म का नाम : छाया (1961); गीत के बोल : छम छम नाचत आई बहार; गायक कलाकार : लता मंगेशकर; संगीत निर्देशक : सलिल चौधरी; प्रयुक्त राग एवं ताल : बहार, बसंत बहार, तीनताल।” · Applies to: mixed
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