Classifications of raags

Question 1

Audav

Answer 1

5 swaras
ex: Rag Durga, Rag Bhupali

Question 2

Shadav

Answer 2

rag with 6 swaras
ex: Rag Puriya, Rag Marava

Question 3

Sampurna

Answer 3

seven swaras
ex: Rag, Yaman, Rag Bhairav

Question 4

Audav Sampurna

Answer 4

Rag with 5 swaras in Aarohand 7 swaras in avaroh
ex. Rag Bhimpalasi

9 combos of raags

Question 5

Mel/Thaat

Answer 5

swar rachna (bandish)
based on tiwra and komal swar
(7 Shuddha swars, 4 komal swars, 1 tiwra swar)

Question 6

How are various raags created

part of raag

Answer 6

vadi (main) and saanvadi (secondary) swar
number of swaras and prominence
(pradhanta or durbalta) of swaras
main/weak

Question 7

Ten mel/thaat

Answer 7

1. Bilaval mel- All shuddha swars
2. Kalyan mel- Ma tiwra
3. Khamaj mel- Ni komal
4. Bhairav mel- Re and Dha komal
5. Purvi mel-Re and Dha komal, Ma tiwra
6. Marva mel- Re komal, Ma tiwra
7. Kafi mel- Ga and Ni komal
8. Aasavari mel- Ga, Dha, Ni komal, Ma tiwra
9. Bhairavi mel-Re, Ga, Dha, Ni komal, Ma tiwra
10. Todi mel- Re and Dha komal, Ma tiwra

Question 8

Rules of mel/thaat

Answer 8

1. based on 12 swaras of saptak
2. has to be sampurna means all 7 need to be shuddha
3. no requirement of Aaroh, avarah in Mel/thaat
4. Mel/thaats not sung so doesn’t need vaadi, sanvadi, pakad, gaan samay, aalap, and tana.
5. Ranjakta is not nessesary for thaat

Question 9

Rules of Raag

Answer 9

1. ALways created from mel/thaat
2. requires minimum of 5 swaras
3. requires Aaroh, Avaroh, and ranjakta
4. Either Ma or pa is required to form a raag
5. two types of same swar (Komal and shuddha or shuddha and tiwra0 cannot appear one after another