KAFI THAAT / Night · 9 pm–12 am

Kafi काफ़ी

Komal Ga and Ni give Kafi its relaxed character. Rest on Pa before winding back to Sa.

VADIPaSAMVADISaCHARACTEREarthy · playful
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♭ Ma Pa Dha Ni♭ Sa′

↘ Avroh

Sa′ Ni♭ Dha Pa Ma Ga♭ Re Sa

∿ Pakad

Ga♭ Re Ma Pa Ma Pa Dha Pa Ga♭ Re Sa

LISTEN & EXPLORE

Hear Kafi.

YOUR INSTRUMENT

A short alap

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

RECORDED VOICE

Vocal recording to come

A verified Creative Commons vocal recording has not been added for Kafi yet. You can listen to its instrumental alap and practice phrases now.

GAT · TEENTAAL

Courtyard dance

Original educational gat · Raag Studio

sthayiThe foundation
Sa━Re━Ga♭━Re━Ma━Pa━Dha━Pa━Ma━Ga♭━Re━Sa━
antaraThe upper register
Pa━Dha━Ni♭━Sa′━Ni♭━Dha━Pa━Dha━Pa━Ma━Ga♭━Re━Sa━
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.