PATDEEP - THE LESS PREFERRED (IN ENGLISH)

In our Hindustani classical music there are some raagas which get neglected for no reason. One such Raaga is Patdeep.

Patdeep is a sweet raaga of third prahar of the day. In this Raaga Gandhar is Komal while all other swaras are Shuddha. In the Aaroh Rishabh and Dhaivat are omitted and in the Avroh all swaras are taken. Because of this even though the combination of the swaras is different, still the sequence of the swaras in Patdeep is similar to Raagas like Bhimpalas, Madhuwanti, Multani etc. (Sequence – NI SA GA MA PA NI SA, SA NI DHA PA MA GA RE SA’). And perhaps because of this common factor this raaga may have got neglected a bit. Of course inspite of that Patdeep still holds its separate, individual identity for sure.

GA MA PA NI, PA NI SA DHA PA, DHA MA PA GA, SA GA MA GA RE SA’. These are few important phrases of Raaga Patdeep.

According to some,Patdeep is formed just by changing  Bhimpalas Raaga’s Komal Nishad in to Shuddha Nishad. But I don’t think so. Because even a single change in swara changes the whole design of the Raaga. Like in this case, the Andolan of Bhimpalas’s Komal Gandhar minimizes in Patdeep. Also the stay on Shuddha Madhyam in Bhimpalas gets shifted to Pancham in Patdeep. So although it appears just a change of one note  ‘Shuddha Nishad’, but it influences all the other swaras and it becomes an altogether different entity, a different personality.

Couple of other important things that I would like to mention are :-

1) Inspite of ‘SA NI DHA PA’ ‘NI SA DHA PA’ is used more often.

2) Although Dha is omitted in the Aaroh still many use the phrase ‘GA MA PA NI, DHA NI SA DHA PA’. This phrase certainly does adds to the beauty of this Raaga.

So if we study this Raaga minutely then we would find that this Raaga certainly has its own identity and flavour.

Patdeep isn’t quite a Raaga to be stretched for a longer duration. Very rarely one gets to listen Vilambit Khyals in this Raaga. Mostly medium and fast paced compositions are favoured in Patdeep. While rendering Patdeep Raaga if one keeps a bit fluent and pacy approach in the presentation then it certainly has a better impact on the listeners.



Shri. Sameer Abhyankar.

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  1. Very helpful for me to understand ragas. Eagerly looking forward to more such blogs. Dhannyawad Sameerji.

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    1. Thanks a lot Sir. Will surely write more. Keep reading and sharing.

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