Raag Bhupali
राग भूपाली
Kalyan thaat Also called: Bhoop Also spelled: Bhoopali, Bhup
A pentatonic scale of five notes, known for its grand, stable and devotional sound. This is often the first raga taught for performance.
- Thaat (parent scale)
- Kalyan
- Jati (type)
- Audav – Audav · 5 notes up, 5 down
- Vadi (king note)
- Ga (Gandhar)
- Samvadi (minister note)
- Dha (Dhaivat)
- Varjya swara (omitted)
- Ma, Ni
- Time of singing
- First quarter of the night (early evening)
Scale and structure
Key rule: A pentatonic scale. Ma and Ni are strictly forbidden.
Aaroha (ascent)
सा रे ग प ध सां
Avaroha (descent)
सां ध प ग रे सा
Pakad (catch phrase)
ग रे सा, ध (मंद्र), सा रे ग, प ग, ध प ग, रे सा
Sargam is given in Devanagari, as it is written in practice — a line beneath a note marks it komal (flat), and (मंद्र) marks the lower octave.
Learning this with a teacher
These pages will take you a long way on theory. The singing needs a guru — live online classes, one level at a time, with exam preparation built in.