Thaat Instrumental… Asavari & Marwa (Audio CD) | Pandit Ravi Shankar , Ustad Amjad Ali Khan , Ustad Sabri Khan Music Today (2007)

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

Thaat Asavari

The Asavari thaat is consist of seven votes where the 3rd note 'Ga' (gandhar), 6th note 'Dha' (dhaivat) & the 7th note 'Ni' (nishad) are used komal (flat). The ragas belonging to the Asavari 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 are associated with. Raga Asavari is the prime raga of this thaat.

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

1. Raga Kaunsi Kanhara
5 Notes in ascent and all 7 notes in descent
'Ga', 'Dha' & 'Ni' are flat
Prime note is 'Ma'
Arohana (ascent)- Ni(i&f) Sa Ga(f) Ma Dha(f) Ni)(f) Sa(h)
Avarohana (descent)- Sa(h) Ni(f) Dha(f) Ma, Pa Ga(f) Ma Re, Sa

2. Raga Darbari
All 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.

Thaat Marwa

The Marwa thaat is consist of seven notes where the 2nd note 'Re' (rishabg) is used komal (flat) & the 4th note 'Ma' (madhyam) is used tivra (sharp). The ragas belonging to the Marwa 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 Marwa is the prime raga of this thaat.

Pattern of swaras in the thaat- Sa Re(f) Ga Ma(s) Pa Dha Ni (p) 1. Raga Pooriy
Only 6 notes are used as 'Pa' is excluded from the raga.
'Re' is flat and 'Ma' is sharp
Prime note is 'Ga'
Arohana (ascent)- Ni(i) Re(f) Sa, Ga Ma(s) Dha, Ni Re (h&f) Sa(h)
Avarohana (descent)- Sa(h) Ni Dha Ma(s) Ga Re(f) Sa

Glossary: I- Low scale, h-high scale, f-flat note & s- sharp note
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).