Raag Kafi
राग काफी
Kafi thaat Also spelled: Kaafi
The parent raga of the thaat that carries its name. All seven notes appear in both ascent and descent, with Ga and Ni flattened.
- Thaat (parent scale)
- Kafi
- Jati (type)
- Sampurna – Sampurna · 7 notes up, 7 down
- Vadi (king note)
- Pa (Pancham)
- Samvadi (minister note)
- Sa (Shadaj)
- Time of singing
- Second quarter of the night
Scale and structure
Key rule: Gandhar (Ga) and Nishad (Ni) are komal (flat). Every other note is natural.
Aaroha (ascent)
सा रे ग॒ म प ध नि॒ सां
Avaroha (descent)
सां नि॒ ध प म ग॒ 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.
Examined at
Other ragas in Kafi thaat
Learning this with a teacher
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