Thaat Asavari (Audio CD)

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The Asavari thaat consists of seven notes where the 3rd note Ga (gandhar), 6th note Dha (dhaivat) & the 7th note Ni (nishad) ar Komal (flat). The ragas belonging to the Asavari thaat bear characteristic resemblance to the arrangement of notes as well as the time of the day they are associated with. Raga Asavari is the prime raga of this thaat.

Pattern of swara-s in the thaat- Sa Re Ga(f) Ma Pa Dha (f) Ni (f)
1. Raga Jaunpuri

Six notes are used in ascent & all seven notes in descent
'Ga' 'Dha' & 'Ni' are flat
Prime note is 'Dha' Arohana (ascent)- Sa Re Ma Pa Dha(f) Ni(f) Sa(h)
Avarohana (descent)- Sa(h) Ni(f) Dha(f) Pa Ma Ga(f) Re Sa.

2. Raga Darbari

All seven notes are used
'Ga' 'Dha' & 'Ni' are flat
Prime note is 'Re'
Arohana (ascent)- Ni(i) Sa Re Ga(f) Re Sa, Ma Pa, Dha(f) Ni(f) Sa(h)
Avarohana (descent)- Sa(h) Dha(f) Ni(f) Pa, Ma Pa Ga(f), Ma Re Sa

3. Raga Adana

All seven notes are used
'Ga' & 'Dha' are flat. 'Ni' is flat
Peime note is 'Sa'
Arohana (ascent)- Sa Re Ga(f) Ma Dha(f) Ni (f) Sa(h)
Avarohana (descent)- Sa(h) Dha(f) Ni(f) Pa, Ma Pa, Ga(f) Ma Re(f) Sa.

Glossary: I- Low scale, h-High scale, f-Flat note & s- Sharp note

The 10 thaat-s are: Bilawal, Kalyan, Khamaj, Bhairav, Puri, Marwa, Kafi, Asavari, Bhairavi and Todi.

Although entire ragas in themselves, the thaat-s provide a framework for the system as a whole. The notation of a thaat, which describes its musical framework, is quite defferent from the characteristic agrrangement and progression of notes during rendition through a raga. It is exposition that gives a raga its pakad (peculiarity) and chalan (character). Every, thaat consist of seven notes or swaras but with different characteristic (chalan).

Thaat is one of the most fundamental bases of classification in the Hindustani classical system. Developed by the learned musicological Vishnu Narayan Bhatkande, that offers a framework to classify several ragas based on their musical scales. The Hindustani classical music system has thus, 10 thaat-s. each that is a raga in itself and stands as a proud parent to several raga that belongs to its family.

This album features vocal renditions of the popular ragas belonging to the Asavari thaat by the legends of classical music.