Kanada (family of ragas)
Kanada (Hindustani pronunciation: [ˈkänəɽä ˈrägäŋg], (ISO 15919/IAST: Kānaṛā rāgaṅg Hindi: कान्हड़ा, Bengali: কানাড়া)) also known as Kanhada is a group of ragas in Hindustani classical music. The name Kanada suggests that it may have originated in the Carnatic music tradition and Kannada country.[1]
Ragas in this group belong to different thaats, but particularly to the Asavari or Kafi thaat.
Komal Gāndhāra (Ga) and komal Dhaivata (Dha) are vakra (zigzag) in descent and are used in phrases like gMR and dnP.
The following ragas belong to this group (all with the suffix Kanada) :[2]
- Abhogi Kanada
- Adana Kanada
- Asavari Kanada
- Basanti Kanada
- Bageshree Kanada
- Bhavsakh Kanada
- Darbari Kanada
- Enayatkhani Kanada
- Devsakh Kanada
- Gunji Kanada
- Husseini Kanada
- Inayatkhani Kanada
- Jayant Kanada
- Kafi Kanada
- Kausi Kanada
- Lachari Kanada
- Lankashree Kanada
- Malkauns Kanada
- Nagadhwani Kanada
- Nayaki Kanada
- Rageshree Kanada
- Raisa Kanada
- Ramsakh Kanada
- Shahana Kanada
- Sughrai Kanada
- Suha Kanada
See also[]
- List of Film Songs based on Ragas
- Sarang ragas
References[]
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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