Bihagara is an Indian musical raga (composition) that appears in the Sikh tradition from northern India and is part of the Guru Granth Sahib.
[1] Every raga has a strict set of rules which govern the number of notes and their interplay that has to be adhered to for the composition of a tune.
The mood of Bihagara is that of extreme sadness and pain, which gives rise to the need to find peace and understanding.
The heightened emotional state of sadness is only harnessed by the craving for truth and meaning.
The following represents the order of notes that can be used on the ascending and descending phase of the composition and the primary and secondary notes: