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I like this tune – It’s GREAT practice for learning how to use different instances of a Sur in the same composition.
It’s TOUGH ( for me anyway ) – forces me to try and stay sharp … which . as you can see I’m not quite there yet.
I also tried converting it from it’s [...]

Someone asked me to record some audio files for a project – but did not use them.

Feel free to download them.

This particular composition is the tune for the Shabad “Tere Gun Gavan Deh Bujhayee” .
I accompanied Beant Singh, Birmingham Wale on Tabla as he sang this in a casual, private ( 3 persons ) , Kirtan session at the GNNSJ Gurudwara on SOHO Road in Birmingham.

It’s been stuck in my head ever since [...]

Heard this on youtube a week ago from a Dharna sung by Sant Sujan Singh ji . ( 4:14 onwards )
Apparently the tune’s originally from an old hindi film. I like it , so I tried playing it.

I first heard this Rajasthani Folk tune sung on SaReGaMaPa 2007 by Raja Hassan. Fantastic Tune, and Fantastic singing.
Here’s what I could manage to play after re-listening to it just twice. I added my own random alaaps and mistakes
Personally I’m happier with the Audio recording in my previous post, but this still feels [...]

As mentioned in the title, the tune is based on Raag Megh, but Mishr due to the occasional Dha – not counting the Ga note touched by mistake.
Mishr* – means “joined” or in this context: “mixed”.
I have observed: when there are embellishments added to a composition which don’t fit in with the generally accepted rules [...]