As you know mix or jod ragas are structured in three ways.
1) one Raga in Arohi and another in Avrohi.
2) one in Purvang another in Uttrang.
3) freedom to change raga to
raga in a manner which maintains the true swarup of each raga- the mix being
conducive to enhancing overall beauty of the presentation.
-Desh Malhar is a jod raga of Desh and Miya Malhar. Usually Desh in Purvang and
Malhar in Uttarang. Change from one to another has to be melodically correct and
subject to not over emphasising one as compared to another.
Q64
Pranam Guruji!
What's the chalan of Desh Malhar? How is it different from Desh?
Okay. But since Desh also has got both the Nishads, any particular phrase (like ni dh
Ni sa in uttarang) becomes very prominent in Desh Malhar then?
I just heard a Desh Malhar, it sounded so much like Desh, except sa Ni re phrase in
purvang as well as uttarang
Desh has only suddh Ni in Arohi while Malhar has both ni and Ni in sequence ni Dha
Ni Sa. I cannot comment what you heard. Munde Munde Matir Bhinna. To add chalan
of some ragas differ from Gharana to Gharana.