Kanada (, (
ISO 15919/
IAST: ''Kānaṛā rāgaṅg''
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: कान्हड़ा,
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: কানাড়া)) also known as Kanhada is a group of ''
raga''s in
Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, si ...
. The name Kanada suggests that it may have originated in the
Carnatic music
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tradition and Kannada country.
[Joep Bor 1999]
Ragas in this group belong to different
thaat
A Thaat () is a "Parent scale" in North Indian or Hindustani music. It is the Hindustani equivalent of the term ''Melakartha raga'' of Carnatic Music. The concept of the ''thaat'' is not exactly equivalent to the western musical scale because t ...
s, but particularly to the
Asavari
Raga Asavari () is a Hindustani classical raga. It belongs to the Asavari thaat and is performed in the morning hours.
In pre- Bhatkhande days this Asavari used the Komal Rishab instead of Shuddh Rishab. When Bhatkhandeji created the thaat pr ...
or
Kafi
Kafi ( pa, ਕਾਫ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi), (Shahmukhi), Hindi: काफ़ी, Urdu: کافی, Sindhi:ڪافي) is a classical form of Sufi music mostly in the Siraiki, Punjabi and Sindhi languages and originating from the Punjab, and Sindh re ...
thaat
A Thaat () is a "Parent scale" in North Indian or Hindustani music. It is the Hindustani equivalent of the term ''Melakartha raga'' of Carnatic Music. The concept of the ''thaat'' is not exactly equivalent to the western musical scale because t ...
.
Komal
Gandhar (Ga) and Komal
Dhaivat
Dhaivat is the sixth svara from the seven svaras of Hindustani music and Carnatic music. Dhaivat is the long form of the syllable ध. For simplicity in pronouncing while singing the syllable, Dhaivat is pronounced as Dha (notation - D). It is ...
(Dha) are vakra (zigzag) in descent and are used in phrases like gMR and dnP.
List of ragas in the Kanada family
The following ragas belong to this group :
[Kaufmann 1968]
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Abhogi
Abhogi () is a raga in Carnatic music and has been adapted to Hindustani music. It is a pentatonic scale, an ''audava'' raga. It is a derived scale ('' janya'' raga), as it does not have all the seven '' swaras'' (musical notes). ''Ābhōgi'' ...
Kanada
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Adana
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Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, wh ...
Kanada
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Asavari
Raga Asavari () is a Hindustani classical raga. It belongs to the Asavari thaat and is performed in the morning hours.
In pre- Bhatkhande days this Asavari used the Komal Rishab instead of Shuddh Rishab. When Bhatkhandeji created the thaat pr ...
Kanada
#Basanti Kanada
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Bageshree
Raga Bageshri or Bageshree () is a Hindustani classical raga. It is a popular night raga, which is meant to depict the emotion of a woman waiting for reunion with her lover. It is said to have been first sung by Miyan Tansen, the celebrated co ...
Kanada
#Bhavsakh Kanada
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Darbari
Darbari Kanada, or simply Raga Darbari, (pronounced darbāri kānada), is a raga in the Kanada family, which is thought to have originated in Carnatic music and brought into Hindustani classical music by Miyan Tansen, the legendary 16th-c ...
Kanada
#Enayatkhani Kanada
#Devsakh Kanada
#Gunji Kanada
#Husseini Kanada
#Jayant Kanada
#Kafi Kanada
#Kausi Kanada
#Lachari Kanada
#Lankashree Kanada
#Malkauns Kanada
#Nagadhwani Kanada
#Navarasa Kanada
#Nayaki Kanada
#Rageshree Kanada
#Raisa Kanada
#Ramsakh Kanada
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Shahana
Sahana (pronounced sahānā) is a popular ragam (musical scale) in Carnatic music. It is a janya rāgam (derived scale) associated with the 28th Melakarta rāgam Harikambhoji.
The Hindustani music ragam ''Sahana'' is an upper-tetrachord-domina ...
Kanada
#Sughrai Kanada
#Suha Kanada
See also
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List of Film Songs based on Ragas
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Sarang ragas
References
Literature
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Hindustani ragas
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