Ashirvad · 1968
Ek Tha Bachapan
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Sources differ: Todi and Gurjari Todi 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
Todi
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 Empire of Todi — https://www.parrikar.org/hindustani/todi/ — paragraph opening: “Another baton awash in classical music was Vasant Desai. From AASHIRWAD (1968),”
Source wording: “Another baton awash in classical music was Vasant Desai. From AASHIRWAD (1968), Gulzar‘s lyrics are delivered by Lata: ek tha bachpan.”
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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
Gurjari Todi
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 · Amrita Dutta, doctoral thesis (University of Delhi, 2018), ch.2, printed p.83 (PDF p.36), composer discussion / prose example
Source wording: “आशीर्वाद का एक और गीत जिसमें बचपन की यादें संजोई हुई हैं-‘एक था बचपन’ में वसंत देसाई साहब ने राग गुर्जरी तोड़ी को आधार मानकर इस गीत को बनाया।”
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