![]() That was the bandish ki thumri or bol bant ki thumri. ![]() At that time it used to be a song sung by courtesans accompanied by dance. Thumri arose in popularity during the 19th century in the Lucknow court of nawab Wajid Ali Shah. The compositions are usually set to kaherava taal of 8 beats, addha tal of 16 beats, dipchandi of 14 beats or jat of 16 beats and in "dadra' tal of 6 beats. Some of the most commonly used ragas are Pilu, Kafi, Khamaj, Gara, Tilak Kamod and Bhairavi. By the early twentieth-century, it stabilized at a rendition tempo approximately twice the beat-density of the contemporary bada khayal. In the choreographic context, this form was appropriate for dance formats devoid of fast or intricate footwork. The bola-banao thumri is performed at a much slower tempo than the bandisa thumri. ![]() Artha means meaning and bhava means emotions. The reason for this appears to be the fact that bhajana, gita, pada and other such fare, called light music, offer nearly everything that a Bandisa Thumri may have to offer musically.īola Banao Thumri: It is known as artha-bhava. This third type is practiced less frequently nowadays. Kathaks are better reputed to know this type of thumri. Here, the text is longer having a literary charm, and the composition may be in a raaga and the rendering restricted to it. Like Indian classical music itself, some of these forms have their origin in folk literature and music.īandisa Thumri: This is the third pattern of thumri where the composition has high musical value. Thumri is also used as a generic name for some other, even lighter, forms such as Dadra, Hori, Kajari, Saavan, Jhoola, and Chaiti, even though each of them has its own structure and content - either lyrical or musical or both - and so the exposition of these forms vary. Thumri is characterized by its sensuality, and by a greater flexibility with the raga. The lyrics are usually in Uttar Pradesh dialects of Hindi called Awadhi and Brij Bhasha. The text is romantic or devotional in nature, and usually revolves around a girl's love for Krishna.
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