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Hindustani raaga · Poorvi thaat
Basant
Spring raga; sparse vakra ascent that skips Re and Pa and leans on taar Sa, using tivra Ma with komal Re/Dha and the M d N d P phrase.
Basant is a raaga in the Hindustani tradition (Poorvi thaat).
in the raaga
vadi (sonant)
samvadi (consonant)
or tap any lit note to hear it
arohana / ascending
S G M d N S'
avarohana / descending
S' N d P M G; M G r S
How to hear it
- Vadi / sonant
- Sa (esp. taar Sa)
- Samvadi / consonant
- Pa
- Signature phrase / pakad
- M d N d P; M G M G r S
- Thaat
- Poorvi
- Time / samay
- spring season; also second prahar of the night
Easy to confuse with
Paraj (closest cousin)
Purvi
Puriya Dhanashri
Basant Bahar. Shares the Kamavardhini scale.
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