Thaat Kalyan (Audio CD) | Pandit Bhimsen Joshi , Pandit Kumar Gandharva , Shubha Mudgal Music Today (2007)

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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. p> This album features vocal renditions of the popular ragas belonging to the Kalyan thaat by the legends of classical music. p> The Kalyan thaat consists of seven notes where the 4th note Ma (madhyam) is tivra (sharp). The ragas belonging to the Kalyan thaat bear characteristics resemblance to the musical scale of thaat, 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 Kakyan is the prime raga of this thaat.

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

1. Raga Yaman Kalyan
All seven notes are used
All notes regular, except 'Ma' which is sharp
Prime note is 'Ga'
Arohana (ascent)- Sa Re Ga Ma(s) Pa Dha Ni Sa(h)
Avarohana (descent)- Sa(h) Ni Dha Pa Ma(s) Ga Re Sa

2. Raga Yaman
All seven notes are used
All other notes are regular
Both the regular and sharp 'Ma' are used
Prime note is 'Ga'
Arohana (ascent)- Sa Re Ga Ma(s) Pa Dha Ni Sa(h)
Avarohana (descent)- Sa(h) Ni Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa

All seven notes are used
All other notes are regular
Both the regular and sharp 'Ma' are used
Prime note is 'Dha'
Arohana (ascent)-Sa Re Sa, Ga Ma Dha, Ni Dha Sa(h)
Avarohana(descent)- Sa(h) Ni Dha Pa, Ma Pa Dha Pa, Ga Ma 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)

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).

1.	Raga Yaman Kalyan - : Pandit Bhimsen Joshi	24.03
2.	Raga Hamir - Pandit Kumar Gandharva	15.59
3.	Raga Yaman - Shubha Mudgal	33.07