About this minute
- Title
- Thumri in Raga Misra Mand 'Morey Saiyan Bedardi'
- Creator
- Kaushiki Chakraborty
- Location
- India
- Collections
- South Asian Classical Collection
SAC #4
You just heard the beginning of a thumri called ‘Morey Saiyan Bedardi‘. Thumri is a vocal genre of South Asian classical music and thumri is also a Hindi word meaning ‘to walk with grace’. How many instruments did you hear at the start of the minute? There was a short introduction by a harmonium, which is a small organ that you pump…