Thaat Purvi (Audio CD) | Pandit Bhimsen Joshi , Ustad Rashid Khan , Shruti Sadolikar , Shaunak Abhisheki Music Today (2007)

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

The Purvi thaat consists of seven notes where the 2nd note Re (rishabh) and the 6th note Dha (Dhaivat) are Komal (flat) & the 4th note Ma (madhyam) is livra (sharp). The gagas belonging to the Purvi thaat bear characteristic 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 Purvi is the primer raga of this thaat.

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

1. Raga Puriya Dhanashri
All seven notes are used
'Re' & 'Dha' are flat & 'Ma' is sharp
Prime note is 'Pa'
Arohana (ascent)-Ni(I) Re(f) Ga Ma(s) Pa, Dha(f) Pa, Ni Sa(h)
Avarohana (descent)- Re (f&h) Ni Dha(f) Pa, Ma(s) Ga, Ma(s) Re(f) Ga, Re(f) Sa

2. Raga Basant
Five notes are used in ascent and all seven notes in descent
'Re' and 'Dha' are flat & 'Ma' is sharp
Prime note is 'Sa'
Arohana (ascent)- Sa Ga Ma(s) Dha(f) re(h&f) Sa(h)
Avarohan (descent)- Re(f&h) Ni Dha (f) Pa, Ma(s) Ga, Ma(s) Ga, Ma(s) Ga Re(f) Sa

3. Raga shree
Five notes are used in ascent & all seven notes is descent
'Re' and 'Dha' are flat &'Ma' is sharp
Prime note is 'Re'
Arohana (ascent)- Sa Re (f) Ma(s) Pa Ni Sa(h)
Avarohana (descent)- Sa(h) Ni Dha(f) Pa, Ma(s) Ga Re(f), Ga Re(f) Sa

4. Raga Triveni
Six notes are used as 'Ma' is excluded from the raga
'Re' and 'Dha' are flat
Prime note is 'Re'
Arohana (ascent)- Sa, Re(f) Sa, Ga Pa Ga, Dha(f) Pa Sa(h)
Avarohana (descent)- Sa(h), Ni Dha(f) Pa, Pa Ga, Re(f) Re(f) 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).