Hameer


Hameer is a nocturnal Hindustani classical raga nominally placed in Kalyan thaat. All the shuddha swaras along with teevra madhyam are used in it. Generally, its vaadi swar is dhaivat and the samavaadi swar is gandhar. However, some exponents consider the vaadi swar to be pancham as Hamir is mainly sung in the upper half of an octave and is nocturnal. Pancham is not taken in the aaroh but is taken in avroh. Its jati is "Shadav Sampurn". "Vadi Svar" is Dhaivat and Samvadi Swar is Gandhar.

Ascent and descent

In the ascent, all natural notes are used, sometimes adding F#. In the descent, both of the madhyamas are used. A feature during the descent is the series of swaras 'Pa ga ma re sa'. At times, Komal Nishad is also used as in "Dha ni Pa" during the descent.The general ascent and descent of the notes is:
Sa Re Sa, Ga Ma Dha, Ni Dha Sa
C D C, E F A, B A C
Sa Ni Dha Pa, ma Pa Dha Pa, Ga Ma Re Sa
C B A G, F# G A G, E F D C
Scholars do not permit the use of teevra madhyam in this raga and consider it to have emanated from Bilaval. But today the F# has become part of the raga. A special characteristic feature of this raga is the specific way in which the dhaivat is sung or played with a touch of upper nishad at the beginning.

Organization and relationships

''Samay'' (time)

The time to sing this raga is 2nd prahar of night i.e. 9:00pm-12:00am.

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