13. Three minor queries about Desh and Tilak Kamod:

Three minor queries about Desh and Tilak Kamod: a. Some Desh renditions feature the phrase. Re-Pa-Ma-Ga-Re-Ga-Ni-Sa. Is this acceptable? Or is it more appropriate in Tilak Kamod? b. Some old recordings of Tilak Kamod are found with occasional komal Nishad used in avroha in addition to shuddha Nishad in aroha. Is this an old form of the raga, or a liberty? c. Is the use of komal Gandhar in Desh permitted only in tar saptak? Any particular logic?

a. There are a few movements in a raga which could be construed as belonging to a similar raga. What I have noticed is that the preceding or following movements of a questionable phrase could remedy the situation.
b. I feel that such an introduction of an alien note could have been done by a master musician (Ustad Enayet Khan introducing komal Gandhar in Tilak kamod). This could have been followed by musicians and turned into a prakar.
c. I feel that introduction of such notes are done by noted musicians to ensure release of tension and create an element of surprise. Perhaps the need for such relief could have been felt when the raga has been performed upto antara section, i.e. in tar saptak. I have noticed that musicians introduce komal Gandhar after creating tension through enabling movements in Raga Desh. Even in raga Dhani, shudhha Rishabh is introduced in tar saptak.