32 Thaats (Scales) Flipped – Part II

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In the last post, we found all 32 Thaats in a certain process. It went like this:

1. Kalian is the first Thaat,
2. Then we start to lower notes from the top systematically.
3. Every time we lowered one note, then we flipped the Thaat, to get the counterpart Thaat.
4. So we got 16 Thaats directly from Kalian, and got the other 16 by flipping these Thaats.

Here is a table explaining the same process. This may help to make better sense of the Flash animation. I am including the interactive animation again in this post. Read one line and follow the Thaats on the interactive animation below:

Kalian: S, R, G, M’, P,D,N (or all Tivar notes)

Lowered
(Komal)
Notes
Resulted Thaat
Flip

New Komals

Resulted Thaat
n
Vachaspati
arrow
r,g,m,d,
Pilu or Dhenuka
d
Latangi
arrow
r,g,m,n,
Natakpirya
d,n
Rishabhpirya
arrow
r,g,m,
Kokilpirya
g
Dharamvati
arrow
r,m,d,n,
Bakulabharan
g,n
Hemvati
arrow
r,m,d,
Malavgaud or Bhairav
g,d
SahinderMadhyam
arrow
r,m,n,
Chakarvak or Ahirbhairav
g,d,n
Shanmukhpirya
arrow
r,m
Suryakant – AnandBhairav
r
Gamanpirya or
Marva
arrow
g,m,d,n,
Asavari
r,n
Rampirya
arrow
g,m,d,
Girvani
r,d
Kamvardhani or
Poorvi
arrow
g,m,n,
Kafi or Kharharpirya
r,d,n
Namnarayni
arrow
g,m
Gauri Manohari
g,r
Savanangi
arrow
m,d,n,
Charukeshi
r,g,n
Shadvidhmargani
arrow
m,d
Sarsangi
r,g,d
Shubhpantuvarali
or Todi
arrow
m,n
Harkanbhoji or Khamaj
r,g,d,n
Bhavpirya
arrow
m
Bilaval or Shankrabharan
r,g,m,d,n
Bhairvi
arrow
none
Kalian

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One thought on “32 Thaats (Scales) Flipped – Part II

  1. Thanks for this detailed study Sangtar. I really appreciate the ready reckoner of thaats.
    However, I beg to differ on one point. The swaras in Kalyan are not all tivra. The swaras are shudh, except for M which is tivra. If you see the nomenclature for the other notes, they are either shudh, or komal, meaning that all notes, except M, are shudh in Kalyan.

    This is what I have learnt from my Guru and in my prepration for Sangeet Bivakar. Is this understanding of Kalyan Gharana specific? I understand that different scholars ascribe different chaals to Yaman. (SRG or NRGRNRS).

    Thanks!
    Mukta

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