Chapter 05: The Keys of the Harmonium. We discussed the structure of the harmonium in Chapter 2. The most essential part of the harmonium is a keyboard. Without the keyboard no melodies could be played. A harmonium without a keyboard is called a sruti-peti, or a “sound box.” One note is played just by pumping a sruti-peti. VOCAL/ HARMONIUM/ KEY BOARD NOTATION 4 Radhey Shyam Gupta, Melbourne, Australia Phone (03) 9846 2595 Mobile 0402 074 208 email: radheygupta@hotmail.com; info@sharda.org GEET ( RAAG: YAMAN - KALYAN ).

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Before diving into the details of the lessons, we should know the history and necessary of harmonium and Thaats. For your information, there is a total of 10 Thaats in Indian music, but only 10 Thaats are common and practiced usually. So, we will discuss these 10 thaats in details here!

As you know, there are a total of 10 Thaats, but 10 are practiced only in this era. There is a different name for every Thaast for the identification of these Thaats. If you are beginner, then you should learn and remember the names of these Thaats in the first stage. So, the names of these Thaats are mentioned below:

Nowadays, these ten thaats are famous, and people know about these thaats. That’s why everyone wants to learn them in the start. Before reading the guide, you have to know that this guide is only for beginners instead of experts.

Bilawal Thaat Lesson for Beginners

It is the basic thaat or mode of Indian music. If you compare it with western music, then you can match it with the Western Music C major scale. Moreover, it is the basic thaat to learn other ones in the list of top ten thaats.

Bilawal Thaat is the basic thaat of ten thaat. Bilawal Thaat is also called natural scale because all Shuddh notes are using. If the Raag have all Shuddh Swaras then Raag will be from bilawal thaat. The parent Raag of Bilawal Thaat is Alhaiya Bilawal.

Ragas in Bilawal Thaat

Shukla	Devgiri	Deskar	Haunsdhwani	Pahadi	Kukubh Bilawal
Maand	Bilawal	Alhaiya Bilawal	Bihag	Durga	Shankara

Thaat Bilawal Notes

Name of Thaat	Ascending Notes	Descending Notes	Note Properties
Bilawal	S R G m P D N S’	S’ N D P m G R S	All Shuddh or Natural Notes

Khamaj Thaat Lesson for Beginners

Another Thaat is famous for classical music. There are many classical singers from India and Pakistan started their careers with this thaat and became famous.

In Thaat Khamaj all the Swaras notes are in their position except Ni.

Ragas in Khamaj Thaat

Kalavati	Khambavati	Gara	Tilak Kamod	Tilang	Jaijaiwanti
Khamaj	Regeshree	Sorat	Desh or Des	Mishra Khamaj	Jhinjhoti

Thaat Khamaj Notes

Name of Thaat	Ascending Notes	Descending Notes	Note Properties
Khamaj	S R G m P D n S’	S’ n D P m G R S	Ni Komal

Kafi Thaat Lesson for Beginners

Do you know it? Kafi is one of the oldest raags. If you have listened to early music of 1970s or 1980s, then you should see the thaat and beauty of this thaat.

Kafi Thaat is similar to Thaat Khamaj but it is one step ahead a just like a khamaj it does contain Komal Ni but also contain Komal Ga.

Ragas in Kafi Thaat

Bageshree	Dhani	Bahar	Bhimpalasi	Pilu	Megh Malhar
Kafi	Piloo	Shahana	Surdasi Malhar	Patdeep	Chandrakauns

Thaat Kafi Notes

Name of Thaat	Ascending Notes	Descending Notes	Note Properties
Kafi	S R g m P D n S’	S’ n D P m g R S	Ga, Ni Komal

Asavari Thaat Lesson for Beginners

Another basic thaat lies in top ten thaats of the harmonium. If you are beginner and don’t know about this thaat, then you are not on the right path.

In Thaat Kafi You Replace the D Shuddh with Komal d you will get the Thaat Asavari.

Ragas in Asavari Thaat

Asavari	Jaunpuri	Desi	Dev Gandhar	Adana	Darbari Kanhada
Kaunsi Kanhada	Meera Malhar	Sameri	Darbari	Jaunpuri

Thaat Asavari Notes

Name of Thaat	Ascending Notes	Descending Notes	Note Properties
Asavari	S R g m P d n S’	S’ n d P m G R S	Ga Dha Ni Komal

Bhairavi Thaat Lesson for Beginners

It is one of the best thaats if you love classic music. In western form, this thaat is played in the churches on special events. Moreover, the people sing it in India at the place of worship.

Thaat Bhairavi contain Re Ga Dha Ni Komal.

Ragas in Bhairavi Thaat

Bhupal Todi

Bhairavi

Malkauns

Bilaskhani Todi

Komal Rishabh Asavari

Kaunsi Kanada

Sindh Bhairavi

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Thaat Bhairavi Notes

Name of Thaat	Ascending Notes	Descending Notes	Note Properties
Bhairavi	S r g m P d n S’	S’ n d P m g r S	Re Ga Dha Ni Komal

Bhairav Thaat Lesson for Beginners

There are many combinations of notes in this thaat. It means that you can try it in many terms to polish your expertise in this thaat.

Thaat Bhairav Has Re Komal and Dha Komal in it.

Ragas in Bhairav Thaat

Beehad Bhairav	Nat Bhairav	Bairagi Bhairav	Anand Bhairav	Alam Bhairav	Ahir Bhairav
Bhairav	Jogiya	Meghranjani	Gunkari	Ramkali	Shivmat Bhairav

Thaat Bhairav Notes

Name of Thaat	Ascending Notes	Descending Notes	Note Properties
Bhairav	S r G m P d N S’	S’ N d p m G r S	Re, Dha Komal

Kalyan Thaat Lesson for Beginners

It is another basic thaat from top ten thaats of Indian music. The meaning of this thaat is in English “Good Luck.” So, singers prefer to sing with this thaat on marriage ceremonies and birthday parties to create the Good Luck Environment.

The formula of Kalyan Thaat is similar to Bilawal Thaat but the Shuddh Ma is replace with Tiver Ma.

Ragas in Kalyan Thaat

Yaman	Bhupali	Kedar	Hindol	Kamod	Shuddha Kalyan
Shyam Kalyan	Khem Kalyan	Anandi Kalyan	Savani Kalyan	Yaman	Yaman Kalyan

Thaat Kalyan Notes

Name of Thaat	Ascending Notes	Descending Notes	Note Properties
Kalyan	S R G M P D N S’	S’ N D M P G R S	No Komal, Only Tiver M

Todi Thaat Lesson for Beginners

It is known as the decent, loving thaat. It is played on the honeymoons. You have to learn it for happiness in love.

In Thaat Marwa the Swars Re Ga Dha are Komal and Ma is Tiver and the rest of notes are Shuddh used.

Ragas in Todi Thaat

Miyan Ki Todi	Gujari Todi	Madhuvanti	Multani	Todi	Saheli Todi
Gauri Todi	Anjani Todi	Darbari Todi	Laxmi Todi	Lilavati

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Thaat Todi Notes

Name of Thaat	Ascending Notes	Descending Notes	Note Properties
Todi	S r g M P d N S’	S’ N d P M g r S	Re, Ga, Dha Komal, Ma Tiver

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Marwa Thaat Lesson for Beginners

If you want to sing a surprise song to wonderful people, then this is the best thaat. From the basics, Marwa is known as the surprise thaat.

In case you add Komal Ri to the Kalyan Thaat you will obtained Marva Thaat.

Ragas in Marwa Thaat

Marwa	Sohni	Puriya	Bhatiyar	Todi	Vibhas
Jait	Ratnadeep

Thaat Marwa Notes

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Name of Thaat	Ascending Notes	Descending Notes	Note Properties
Marwa	S r G M P D N S’	S’ N D P M G r S	Re Komal, Ma Tiver

Poorvi Thaat Lesson for Beginners

It is known as the night thaat because there are notes in this thaat that indicate the beauty of nights. Usually, people love to listen to this thaat in night to make their night beautiful.

If you add Komal Dha to Marwa Thaat then its convert to Poorvi Thaat.

Ragas in Poorvi Thaat

Lalit	Puriya Dhanashree	Gauri	Shree	Paraj	Basant
Deepak	Jaitshree

Thaat Poorvi Notes

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Name of Thaat	Ascending Notes	Descending Notes	Note Properties
Poorvi	S r G M d N S’	S’ N d P M G r S	Re, Dha Komal, Ma Tiver

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