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Alaap · 1977

Koi Gata, Main So Jata

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Singer: K. J. Yesudas

Music: Jaidev

Recording: original

Sources differ: Bihag and Alhiya Bilawal are separately reported. RagaPedia has not resolved this difference or verified a multi-raag treatment of the recording.

Reported raag

Bihag

Not yet reviewed by a musician

A named writer on music analysed the song in this raag. 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, Short Takes: Bihag — https://www.parrikar.org/hindustani/bihag/ — Raga Bihag; paragraph opening: “Composer Jaidev recruits Yesudas in this splendidly-arranged composition in ALAAP (1977): ko’i”

Source wording: “Composer Jaidev recruits Yesudas in this splendidly-arranged composition in ALAAP (1977): ko’i gata main so jata.”

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Reported raag

Alhiya Bilawal

Not yet reviewed by a musician

A named writer on music analysed the song in this raag as one of several raags in the song. This records what the source says; a musician has not checked the recording note by note. The source quotes पंकज राग, धुनों की यात्रा (footnote 1).

Evidence: Named musician's analysis · Amrita Dutta, doctoral thesis (University of Delhi, 2018), ch.2, printed p.130 (PDF p.83), composer discussion / prose example

Source wording: “अमिताभ पर फ़िल्माया येसुदास का गाया ‘कोई गाता मैं सो जाता’। सम्भवत: बिहाग और अल्हैया बिलावल पर आधारित इस गीत में जो तन्मयता है वह जितना गायक का कमाल है उतना ही संगीतकार का भी।” · Applies to: mixed

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