The Ten Thaats
- A thaat is a "mode", a type of scale, in Hindustani music.
- Thaats always have 7 pitches and are a basis for the organizing & classifying raags of Hindustani classical music.
- Thaat system was invented by Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (1860-1936).
Bhatkhande was first Indian musicologist who wrote the modern treatise on Hindustani Classical Music, an art which was propagated mostly through oral traditions.
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Bhairav 2
Swar: S R̠ G M P D̠ N S̊
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Bhairavi 3
Swar: S R̠ G̠ M P D̠ N̠ S̊
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Bilawal 4
Swar: S R G M P D N S̊
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Kafi 5
Swar: S R G̠ M P D N̠ S̊
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Kalyan 6
Swar: S R G M̀ P D N S̊
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Khamaj 7
Swar: S R G M P D N̠ S̊
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Purvi 9
Swar: S R̠ G M̀ P D̠ N S̊
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