BILAWAL THAAT Night · 9 pm–12 am

Hamsadhwani हंसध्वनि

A buoyant pentatonic raga shared across Carnatic and Hindustani traditions.

VADISaSAMVADIPaCHARACTERBright · auspicious
YOUR INSTRUMENT
Raga swaras · dimmed notes remain playable4 OCTAVES · 49 KEYS
Type A W S E D… in chromatic order. Drag for meend.
Typing octaveMiddle
Aaroh

Sa Re Ga Pa Ni Sa′

Avroh

Sa′ Ni Pa Ga Re Sa

Pakad

Nị Re Ga Pa Ga Re Sa

LISTEN & EXPLORE

Hear Hamsadhwani.

YOUR INSTRUMENT

A short alap

Harmonium · Sa C♯. An unmetered phrase exploration with this raga’s pakad.

RECORDED VOICE

Rag Ras Barse · NCERT

A full Hindi teaching programme with musical demonstrations. Includes spoken introduction.

0:00 / 14:11

Original pitch and tempo. Keyboard highlights follow the synthesized instrument only.

NCERT OFFICIAL · Source ↗ · CC BY 3.0

Recording credits & changes

Rag Hans Dhwani - NCERT. Converted from Ogg Vorbis to MP3 (128 kbps); full recording, no cuts or pitch changes. No endorsement implied.

GAT · TEENTAAL

Swan flight

Original educational gat · Raag Studio

sthayiThe foundation
SaReGaPaGaReGaPaGaReSaSa
antaraThe upper register
PaNiSa′Re′Ga′Re′Sa′NiPaGaReSa
Each section spans two taal cycles.

Changing taal adapts the gat’s relative rhythm to the new cycle.

/ 164 + 4 + 4 + 4
X1Dha
·2Dhin
·3Dhin
·4Dha
5Dha
·6Dhin
·7Dhin
·8Dha
09Na
·10Tin
·11Tin
·12Na
13Ta
·14Dhin
·15Dhin
·16Dha

X sam0 khali

84 BPM

Tempo and taal changes stop playback. Press play to begin the new cycle.