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Hindustani raaga · Asavari thaat

Darbāri

Grave, majestic midnight raga; unmistakable slow wide andolan on komal Ga and komal Dha, low-register Re-Pa emphasis.

Darbāri is a raaga in the Hindustani tradition (Asavari thaat).

in the raaga vadi (sonant) samvadi (consonant)
or tap any lit note to hear it

arohana / ascending

S R g m P, d n S'

avarohana / descending

S' d n P m P g m R S

How to hear it

Vadi / sonant
Re
Samvadi / consonant
Pa
Signature phrase / pakad
R g R S, m P, d n P, m P g m R S
Thaat
Asavari
Time / samay
third prahar of the night (midnight)

Easy to confuse with

Adana (same swaras, faster, upper-register)
Jaunpuri
Asavari. Carnatic: a Natabhairavi janya.
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