Khamaj (thaat)

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For the raga of the same name, see Khamaj.
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Kamod Ragini, North Indian or Deccani miniature painting, c.1620-40

Khamaj (

Hindustani music from the Indian subcontinent. It is also the name of a raga within this thaat.[1]

The Khamaj thaat can be obtained by replacing the Shuddha Nishad of

kajris etc. Its pictorial descriptions in the existing texts are sensuous and even today, the raga Khamaj is considered to be a 'flirtatious' raag. There is a theory which assumes that in the past, the Khamaj scale found its way in the Ch'in music of late medieval China.[citation needed
]

Description

The parent-scale or Thaat of Khamaj, notated in sargam notation, has the following structure: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa'.

In Western terms, assuming the tonic (Sa) to be at C, the scale would be: C D E F G A B-flat C.

Khamaj thaat is thus equivalent to the

mode in Western classical music. The Carnatic music equivalent of the Khamaj Thaat is Harikambhoji, the 28th Melakarta raga
.

Ragas

Ragas in Khamaj thaat include:

References

  1. ISBN 9780954397609
    .

2. https://www.parrikar.org/hindustani/khamaj/

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