Hindustani Ragas
Explore the structure, mood, time-of-day and characteristic phrases of classical ragas — and play them on the virtual harmonium.
- Bhairav
Bhairav
Raga Bhairav is the morning raga of the Bhairav thaat, performed in the hours just before dawn and into the early light. The two komal swara
- Bhairavi
Bhairavi
Raga Bhairavi sits at the emotional centre of Hindustani classical music. Its scale uses every komal swara (flat Re, Ga, Dha, Ni — and komal
- Kalyan
Bhupali
Raga Bhupali is a five-note (audava) raga from the Kalyan thaat, omitting Ma and Ni in both ascent and descent. The pure pentatonic scale —
- Kafi
Kafi
Raga Kafi is the parent raga of the Kafi thaat — a scale that uses komal Ga and komal Ni against shuddha Re and Dha. The combination of two
- Kalyan
Yaman
Raga Yaman is the sandhi-prakash raga of the Kalyan thaat, sung in the first hours of the night. Its tivra Madhyam (M tivra, written M') is