Rag Marwa is considered to be the most fundamental rag in Marwa That. It is an evening rag that is quite popular. This rag is unusual in that the tonic is not harmonically well defined; there is no pancham (5th) and the madhyam is tivra rather than shuddha (i.e., there is no natural 4th). It is this harmonic imbalance that gives marwa its peculiar character. Considering this imbalance, rag marwa has a surprisingly simple structure. Reis the vadi and Dha is the samvadi. It is shadav – shadav due to the total exclusion of pancham (the 5th). One well known song in this rag is “Payalia Banwari Bhaje“. Marwa’s characteristics are:
Arohana
Avarohana
Jati
Shadav – Shadav
Time
Evening
That
Marwa That
Drone
Sa – Dha
