Thaat Khamaj (Audio CD)

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

Khamaj Thaat

The Khamaj that consist of seven notes where the 7th note 'Ni' (nishad) is komal (flat). The ragas belonging to the Khamaj that bear characteristic resemblance to the musical scale of the that, but have distinctly unique features of their own, in terms of the arrangement of notes as well as the time of the day they are associated with. Raga khamaj is the prime raga of this thaat.

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

1. Raga Des
Five notes in the ascent and seven notes in the descent
All other notes are regular
Both the flat and sharp 'Ni' are used
Prime note is 'Re'
Arohana (ascent)- Sa Re Ma Pa, Ni Sa (h)
Avarohan (descent)- Sa(h) Ni Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa

2. Raga Jaijaiwanti
All seven notes are used
Both the flat and sharp 'Ni' and 'Ga' are used
Prime note is 'Re'
Arohana (ascent)- Sa Re Ga, Ga Ma Pa, Ma Pa Ni Ni Sa(h)
Avarohana (descent)- Sa(h) Ni(f) Dha Pa, Dha Pa Ma Ga, Re Ga(f) Re Sa

3. Raga Rageshree
Five notes in the ascent and six notes in the descent.
The raga uses both the flat and sharp 'Ni'
Prime note is 'Ga'
Arohana (ascent)- Sa Ga Ma Dha Ni Sa(h)
Avarohana (descent)- Sa(h) Ni Dha Ma Ga Re Sa

Glossary(f)- Flat note, (s)- Sharp note, (h)- high scale, (I)-Low scale
Sa-(c), Re-(D), Ga- (E), Ma-(f), Pa-(G), Dha-(a), Ni-(b)

The 10 thaat-s are: Bilwal, Kalyan, Khamaj, Bhairav, Purvi, 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 different from the characteristic arrangement and progression of notes during rendition through a raga. It is exposition that gives a raga its pakad (peculiarity) and chalan (character). Every thaat consists of seven notes or swara-s but with different characteristics (chalan).