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Z.M. Dagar / Z.F. Dagar

Title: Ragini Miyan Ki Todi - Bombay 1968

Label: Country & Eastern

Cat No:CE19
Format:CD

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• The first release on Country & Eastern with the rudra veena-vocal duet in raga Malkauns (CE02) was recorded in Ustad Zia Mohiudding Dagar's house in Chembur on the evening of february 4, 1968. On the very next morning he and his younger brother Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar recorded the raga that is the female counterpart of raga Malkauns, Ragini Miyan Ki Todi.

• The name means Miyan's Todi and it is said to have been created by the famous Miyan Tansen, one of the 9 jewels of emperor Akbar's court in the 16th century, as his version of the Todi raga.

• The notes of this raga are Sa - komal Re - komal Ga - tivra Ma - Pa - komal Dha - Ni in the indian system, corresponding to C Db Eb F# G Ab B with C as tonic. Musicians : Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, rudra veena; Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar, vocal; K. Sridhar, tanpura.

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Ragini Miyan Ki Todi - Bombay 1968