ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GHARU</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="GHARU"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279GHARU, pronounced <i>ghar</i>, is a term used in the titles of many of the hymns in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. The final <i>"u"</i> is only of grammatical significance indicating masculine gender and singular number. <i>Gharu</i> appears after the name of the <i>r&#257ga</i> (musical measure) and the indication with regard to the author, and is followed by a numeral. For instance, the first hymn in the Sir&#299 R&#257ga is entitled "R&#257gu Sir&#299 R&#257gu Mahal&#257 Pahil&#257 1 Gharu 1". As in the case of Mahal&#257 the numeral following Gharu is pronounced as first, second, third, and so on, and not as one, two, three, etc. Gharu, ordinarily an equivalent of "house" or "home", here indicates a variant or style of a <i>r&#257ga</i> corresponding to variation in metre, pitch, rhythm and <i>lai. Lai</i> (Sanskrit <i>laya</i>) is a term in Indian musicology signifying timing or speed, <i>Lai</i> figures in three varieties, viz. <i>druta</i> (quick), <i>madhya</i> (mean or moderate) and <i>vilambita</i> (slow) . Interestingly, the Sanskrit <i>laya</i> also means "rest, repose" as well as "a place of rest, residence, house, dwelling, " the latter being synonymous with <i>ghar</i> in Hindi and Punjabi. This explains the use of <i>ghar</i> for musical variations in the Sikh Scripture. In Iranian music, the Persian word <i>g&#257h</i> (time, place) is used for various musical notes such as <i>d&#363g&#257h</i> and <i>sih-gah</i> in the same sense.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Balb&#299r Si&#7749gh Nand&#257<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>