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.
RHYTHM COMPANION ताल
— / 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.