Thaat
Kafi
A flexible thaat with folk and expressive shades across many raags.
Understanding this thaat
A thaat is a parent scalar family that groups raags by shared note material. The Kafi thaat provides a foundational set of swaras from which many distinct raags emerge, each with its own phrase grammar, mood, and performance identity. Two raags in the same thaat can sound very different depending on their aaroh, avroh, vadi, samvadi, and phrase treatment.
Browsing by thaat is one useful starting point for understanding scalar relationships, but it should not be mistaken for a complete picture of melodic identity.
Raags in Kafi thaat
Bageshree
बागेश्री
A late-evening raag often described as intimate, shaded, and romantic.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Late Evening
Bageswari Kanada
बागेश्वरी कानडा
A night raag combining elements of Bageshree and Kanada into a deep, compound melodic identity.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Night
Bhimpalasi
भीमपलासी
A warm afternoon raag often linked with yearning, repose, and shaded lyricism.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Afternoon
Bhinna Shadja
भिन्न षडज
A rare and enigmatic late-night raag where Sa is treated with unusual ambiguity and instability.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Late Night
Brindabani Sarang
बृंदावनी सारंग
A bright afternoon raag from the Kafi thaat associated with warmth and pastoral beauty.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Afternoon
Gaur Malhar
गौड़ मल्हार
A monsoon raag combining Gaud and Malhar elements, evoking the drama and beauty of the rainy season.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Night
Kafi
काफी
A flexible raag family color often associated with folk warmth and expressive ease.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Late Evening
Megh
मेघ
A pentatonic afternoon raag of the Malhar family, evoking the anticipation and beauty of monsoon clouds.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Afternoon
Miyan ki Malhar
मियाँ की मल्हार
A night raag of the Malhar family attributed to Tansen, evoking monsoon depth with both Ni variants.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Night
Patdeep
पटदीप
A gentle afternoon raag from the Kafi thaat with komal Ga and komal Ni.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Afternoon
Piloo Baroowa
पीलू बड़ुआ
A compound late-evening raag blending Piloo's folk flexibility with Barowa's distinctive phrase structure.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Late Evening
Pilu
पीलू
A flexible late-evening raag with folk-adjacent character, admitting a wide range of swara variations.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Late Evening
Ramdasi Malhar
रामदासी मल्हार
A monsoon raag attributed to Swami Ramdas, combining devotional gravity with rain imagery.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Night
Shuddh Sarang
शुद्ध सारंग
A bright afternoon raag of the Sarang family using both Ni variants and prominent Re.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Afternoon
Surdasi Malhar
सूरदासी मल्हार
A monsoon raag attributed to the poet Surdas, combining Kafi and Malhar elements with devotional warmth.
Thaat: Kafi
Time: Night