Hameer

Hameer is a nocturnal Hindustani classical raga nominally placed in Kalyan thaat. All the shuddha swaras (natural notes) along with teevra madhyam (F#) are used in it. Generally, its vaadi swar (the most used, principal note of a raga on which a pause may be taken) is dhaivat (A natural) and the samavaadi swar (the secondmost used important note assisting the vaadi swar) is gandhar (E natural). However, some exponents consider the vaadi swar to be pancham (G natural) 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 (Dh) and Samvadi Swar is Gandhar.

For the 2017 film, see Hameer (film).
Hameer
ThaatKalyan
Time of dayEarly night, 9–12[1]
ArohanaS G M D N Ṡ[1]
AvarohanaṠ N D P M̄ P G M R S[1]
VadiDha
SamavadiGa
Synonym
  • Hambir
  • Hamir
  • Hamir Kalyan
SimilarKamod, Kedar (raga), Gaud Sarang, Chhayanat

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' (G E F D C). At times, Komal Nishad (ni) (B flat) 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 (dha) is sung or played with a touch of upper nishad (ni) 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.

Film Songs

Language:Tamil
Song Movie Composer Singer
En Uyir Thozhi Karnan Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy P. Susheela
Kannizhantha Enippadigal K. V. Mahadevan
Chandrodayam Oru Pennanatho Chandhrodhayam M. S. Viswanathan T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
Kadhal Oviyam Kavikkuyil Ilaiyaraaja Sujatha Mohan
Kaiyil Veenai Vietnam Colony Bombay Jayashree
Inimel Naalum Iravu Pookal S. Janaki
Nila Kaikiradhu Indira A. R. Rahman Hariharan, Harini
Swasame Swasame Thenali S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sadhana Sargam
Kanava Illai Kaatra Ratchagan Srinivas
Manasukkul Kalyana Agathigal V. S. Narasimhan Raj Sitaraman, P. Susheela
Iruvathu Vayathu Varai Kannodu Kanbathellam Deva Hariharan, S. Janaki

Language:Hindi
  • The song from the movie Kohinoor, 'Madhuban mein Radhika Nachi re' is composed in the Hameer raga

Notes
  1. Bor & Rao 1999, p. 78.

References
  • Bor, Joep; Rao, Suvarnalata (1999). The Raga Guide: A Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas. Nimbus Records with Rotterdam Conservatory of Music. p. 76. ISBN 9780954397609.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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