Kanada (family of ragas)
Kanada (Hindustani pronunciation: IAST: Kānaṛā rāgaṅg Hindi: कान्हड़ा,Tamil: கானடா, Bengali: কানাড়া)) also known as Kanhada is a group of ragas in Indian Classical Music . They are all believed to be derived from the Carnatic music raga Kanada. Some scholars suggest that all the raga's in the Kanada family are derived from individual aspects of Kanada. Shudda Kanada/Darbari Kanada is one of the most familiar raga's in the family and is considered to have the highest romantic,melancholy and longing aspect of Kanada in it.
Dhaivat
(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 :[1]
- AbhogiKanada
- Adana Kanada
- Asavari Kanada
- Basanti Kanada
- BageshreeKanada
- Bhavsakh Kanada
- DarbariKanada
- 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
- ShahanaKanada
- Sughrai Kanada
- Suha Kanada
See also
- List of Film Songs based on Ragas
- Sarang ragas
References
- ^ Kaufmann 1968
Literature
- Bor, Joep (c. 1997), The Raga Guide, Charlottesville,Virginia: Nimbus Records, archived from the original on 3 December 2003
- Kaufmann, Walter (1968), The ragas of North India, Calcutta, New Dheli, Bombay: Oxford & IBH Publishing Company
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