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Raga Yaman, currently on the dial · vadi G
Yaman
First prahar of night (6pm–9pm)
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A raga is not a scale, nor a melody, but a disciplined way of unfolding feeling in sound.

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II · The tools

Six instruments, one riyaaz.

01Tool

Recognize

Play or hum a phrase and Ragafy proposes the likely raga with reasoning grounded in its characteristic swaras and movements.

02Tool

Encyclopedia

A browsable library of ragas with aarohana, avarohana, vadi-samvadi, time of day, mood, and canonical compositions.

03Tool

Tanpura Drone

A tunable four-string drone with adjustable pitch, jiva, and volume to anchor your riyaaz in any room.

04Tool

Swara Ear Trainer

Short, adaptive exercises that sharpen your ability to locate komal and shuddha swaras against the sa.

05Tool

Riyaaz Recorder

Capture your practice with pitch tracking and session notes so you can hear your own progress over weeks and months.

06Tool

Pakad Memorizer

Spaced-repetition drills on each raga's signature phrases, the small idioms that distinguish one raga from its close neighbors.

III · A taste of the encyclopedia

Five ragas to begin with.

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Kalyan thaat

Yaman

Yaman is the cornerstone raga of the Kalyan thaat, characterized by tivra Madhyam and a serene, expansive contour. It is commonly taught first because its sampurna structure clearly demonstrates vakra and meend possibilities, while its mood balances devotional gravitas with romantic lyricism.

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EveningV: G · S: N
Bhairav thaat

Bhairav

Bhairav is the namesake raga of its thaat and a defining raga of the early morning. The oscillating andolan on komal Rishabh and komal Dhaivat produces a solemn, meditative atmosphere traditionally associated with the ascetic aspect of Shiva.

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MorningV: d · S: r
Bhairavi thaat

Malkauns

Malkauns is a pentatonic raga omitting Rishabh and Pancham, using komal Gandhar, Dhaivat and Nishad over shuddha Madhyam. Its weighty, brooding atmosphere is traditionally reserved for the deep hours of night and is counted among the oldest and most powerful ragas in the tradition.

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MorningV: M · S: S
Kafi thaat

Bhimpalasi

Bhimpalasi is an audav-sampurna raga of the Kafi thaat, omitting Re and Dha in the ascent. Its plaintive use of komal Gandhar and komal Nishad combined with open meends from Madhyam makes it the paradigmatic raga of afternoon longing and separation.

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AfternoonV: M · S: S
Khamaj thaat

Desh

Desh is an audav-sampurna raga of the Khamaj thaat in which shuddha Nishad rises in aroha while komal Nishad colours the descent. Its monsoon and patriotic associations have made it central to the semi-classical repertoire, notably carrying Tagore's 'Vande Mataram' melody.

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IV
Hindustani · at launch

The north Indian river

The Hindustani tradition took its present shape across North India over roughly seven centuries, shaped by temple singers, Sufi poets, and the darbars of Gwalior, Delhi, and Lucknow. Its core forms today include dhrupad, khayal, thumri, and instrumental gayaki on sitar, sarod, bansuri, and sarangi. Ragas are treated as sentient entities, each with a time, a mood, and a set of behaviors that a performer coaxes into being through slow alap and rhythmic elaboration.

Carnatic · on the roadmap

The south Indian river

The Carnatic tradition of South India is its own immense river, organized around the 72 melakarta framework and a repertoire built on the compositions of the Trinity and their heirs. It shares roots with Hindustani music but differs in ornamentation, rhythmic vocabulary, and the centrality of kriti-based performance. Ragafy launches Hindustani-first so we can do one tradition justice; a Carnatic companion is on our roadmap and will be built with practitioners of that lineage, not imposed from outside it.

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