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8. Frequency of appearance of raga on DHKM

	Raga(inst)	frequency	Raga(vocal)	frequency
1	Bhairavi	79	Bhairavi	68
2	Pilu	58	Malkauns	35
3	Des	50	Darbari Kanhra	33
4	Pahadi	42	Lalit	26
5	Malkauns	36	Pahadi	22
6	Sindhu Bhairavi	36	Jaijaivanti	21
7	Khamaj	35	Pilu	17
8	Bihag	31	Bagesri	16
9	Misra Pilu	31	Des	16
10	Bagesri	30	Kafi	15
11	Kirvani	30	Yaman	15
12	Yaman	29	Khamaj	14
13	Ahir Bhairav	27	Tilak Kamod	13
14	Todi	27	Misra Khamaj	12
15	Maru Bihag	26	Multani	12
16	Marva	26	Bihag	11
17	Misra Khamaj	25	Desi Todi	11
18	Nat Bhairav	24	Marva	11
19	Jaijaivanti	21	Todi	11
20	Jhinjhoti	21	Bhimpalasi	10
21	Lalit	21	Kedar	10
22	Puriya Kalyan	21	Miyan Ki Malhar	10
23	Bhupali	20	Puriya Dhanasri	10
24	Jog	20	Adana	9
25	Madhuvanti	20	Gurjari Todi	9
26	Hamsdhvani	19	Jaunpuri	9
27	Bhimpalasi	18	Purvi	9
28	Candrakauns	17	Bhatiyar	8
29	Darbari Kanhra	17	Gaud Malhar	8
30	Durga	17	Kamod	8

Table-12

 Table-12 shows the raga order 30th place by frequency of appearance on instrumental music and the vocal music of DHKM. The general order of ragas that appear more than twice is shown in table-13 (instrumental music) and table-14 (vocal music).
　As for ragas at the 30th place mentioned above, all are popular ragas which are heard often played at concerts.
　Among ragas at the 30th place mentioned above, ragas that appeared only on instrumental is 14, only on vocal is 13 and common is 16. Total number is 43. The scale constitution of the 43 ragas is shown in attached sheets.
 As the table shows, Bhairavi appears most frequently.
Bhairavi, in which sometimes 12 notes are used, is one of the most flexible ragas in general. I learned it from my guru at the very beginning.
 Although it is not clear why and since when, this raga has been played at the end of concerts in general. And Bhairavi is usually not played long as other ragas but often played as light classical music like Thumri and Bhajan . Indian audiences may feel a feeling of freedom and joy in this raga after a lengthy serious raga expression. Because of a tradition that people are so aware of, Bhairavi must have appeared frequently on most records as well.
　Sindhu Bhairavi comes to sixth place with the order of the instrumental music as quite similar to Bhairavi. If it is counted also as Bhairavi, frequency of appearance of Bhairavi overwhelms others.
 Pilu appears next to Bhairavi. This is also a very flexible raga. As "Pilu is used especially in light classical music as Thumri, Dadra and Tappa"(Rag-Bodh), music performed on Pilu is usually light and short. The changing mood from a minor key to a major key appears in turn and brings on a romantic and bright atmosphere.
 Misra Pilu was placed 9th with the order of instrumental music, and like Bhairavi, is also very flexible raga. "Misra" in Hindi means "mixed". Bhatkhande commented in his Lakshya Sangeet as "Bhairavi and Pilu, these two ragas are most popular among those who do not know much about Hindustani music".
 Raga frequency ranking integrated instrumental music and vocal is shown in Table-14 and the order 30th place in Table-16.
 Number of ragas to appear more than twice is 184 (Table-15).　Number of ragas to appear only once in DHKM is 234. It can be said that more than half of ragas are rarely performed.

Order	Raga	frequency	Order	Raga	frequency
1	Bhairavi	188	16	Ahir Bhairav	34
2	Pilu	110	17	Maru Bihag	31
3	Darbari Kanhra	95	18	Kafi	30
4	Khamaj	86	19	Tilak Kamod	28
5	Malkauns	74	20	Nat Bhairav	28
6	Des	66	21	Bhimpalasi	28
7	Pahadi	64	22	Kedar	27
8	Lalit	47	23	Jog	27
9	Bagesri	46	24	Bhupali	27
10	Yaman	44	25	Puriya Kalyan	26
11	Jaijaivanti	42	26	Jhinjhoti	26
12	Bihag	42	27	Hamsdhvani	24
13	Todi	38	28	Multani	23
14	Marva	37	29	Miyan Ki Malhar	22
15	Kirvani	35	30	Madhuvanti	22

 Table-16

　In this table Sindhu Bhairavi is treated as Bhairavi, Misra Pilu and Misra Khamaj as Pilu and Khamaj.
 This Table-16 shows the 30 best ragas of Hindustani music recorded on LPs and cassettes from 1950 to 1984.