10 thaat

Thaats

10 Thaats of Hindustani Classical Music

  • In a layman’s language to define, a Thaat is like a category under which there could be number of Raags. 
  • A Thaat is a sequential set of seven out of 12 notes. 
  • A Thaat will always have only seven different notes – either in their shuddh (natural) form or in their vikrit (moulded) form.
  • In Indian classical music, there are 32 Thaats, but following 10 Thaats are more prevalent.
  • Vikrit Swars are shown below in Red colour.
  • Notes written in Capitals are ‘Shuddh Swars’ and those written in Smalls are ‘Komal Swars’. # sign is for Tivr Madhyam.

Trick to easily remember the 10 Thaats.

Memorize this sentence – “Bhigi Kal Khoob Barish Me Kya Pata Aye Bukhar Tujhe”

Each of the first letter of the above words, represents the first letter of the following Thaats.  E.g., Bhigi=Bilawal; Kal=Kalyan; Khoob=Khamaj; Barish=Bhairav; Me=Marwa; Kya=Kafi; Pata=Poorvi; Aye=Asavari; Bukhar=Bhairavi and, Tujhe=Todi.

Now memorize a phone number – 0112223344

These numbers represents the number of vikrit swars that these 10 Thaats contain. E.g., 0=Bilawal as it has got no vikrit swar. 1,1 are the next two Thaats – Kalyan and Khamaj that contain one vikrit swar each.  Then 2,2,2 are the next three Thaats – Bhairav, Marwa and Kafi, that contain two vikrit swars each. Then 3,3, are the next two Thaats – Poorvi and Asavari, that contain three vikrit swars each. And lastly, 4,4, are the final two Thaats – Bhairavi and Todi, that contain four vikrit swars each.

Bilawal

S R G M P D N

Kalyan

S R G M# P D N

Khamaj

S R G M P D n

Bhairav

S r G M P d N

Marwa

S r G M# P D N

Kafi

S R g M P D n

Poorvi

S r G M# P d N

Asavari

S R g M P d n

Bhairavi

S r g M P d n

Todi

S r g  M# P d N

Now with the above vikrit swars (indicated in Red) play this:

M# | n |
rd | rM# | gn
rM#d | gdn
rgdn | rgM#d
 

Watch this video on how to memorize these 10 Thaats easily, which is getting very popular. 

SOME POPULAR RAAG, THEIR THAAT, SWAR AND JAATI   
RaagThaatSwar (Notes)
Aaroh / Avroh
Jaati*
BilawalBilawalS R G M P D N
N D P M G R S
Sampoorna_Sampoorna
YamanKalyanS R G M# P D N
N D P M# G R S
Sampoorna_Sampoorna
DesKhamajS R M P N
R n D P M G R S
Audav-Sampoorna
TilangKhamaj

S G M P N
n P M G S

Audav_Audav
BhairavBhairav

S r G M P d N
N d P M G r S

Sampoorna_Sampoorna
SohaniMarwaS r G M# D N 
N D M# G r S
Shadav-Shadhav
BageshriKafiS R g M D n
S n D M g R S
Shadav-Shadav
KafiKafiS R g M P D n
n D P M g R S
Sampoorna_Sampoorna
Miyan MalharKafiS R M P D n N
n P M g R S
Sampoorna_Shadav
PatdeepKafiS g M P N
N D P M g R S
Audav-Sampoorna
PilooKafiS G M P n
N d P M g R S
Audav_Sampoorna
BasantPoorviS r G M d 
N d P M G r S
Audav-Sampoorna
LalitPoorviS r G M M# d N
N d M# M G r S
Shadav-Shadav
Puria DhanshriPoorviS r G M# P d N
N d P M# g r S
Sampoorna_Sampoorna
AsavariAsavariS R M P d 
n d P M g R S 
Audav-Sampoorna
BhairaviBhairaviS r g M P d n
n d P M g r S
Sampoorna_Sampoorna
ChandrakaunsBhairaviS g M d N
N d M g  S
Audav_Audav
MalkaunsBhairaviS g M d n
n d M g S
Audav_Audav
MadhuwantiTodiS g M# P N
N D P M# g R S
Audav-Sampoorna
TodiTodiS r g M# P d N
N d P M# g r S
Shadav_Sampoorna
    
*Sampoorna = usage of 7 notes 
*Shadav = usage of 6 notes 
*Audav = usage of 5 notes 
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