Hem Bihag


Hem-Behag is a late night raga in North Indian classical music that was composed by Ustad Baba Allauddin Khan.

Origin

Hem-Behag has principal roots in a more common raga, Bihag. Hem-Behag or Bihag takes aspects of Raga Hemant. The raga centers around shudha Madhyam and Ni, but this is variable.

Structure

Good sources for listening would be:

  1. Ali Akbar Khan & Ravi Shankar performing an alaap in their live In Concert 1972 album.
  2. Nikhil Banerjee