A basis for the organisation and classification of ragas depending on the notes used
Thaat:
Asavari
Preferred time or season for playing
Time:
Midnight
The most prominent note of a raga
Vadi
/
The second most prominent note of a raga
Samvadi:
, 
Categorization based on number of notes used in aroh and avaroh
Jati:
Containing 6 notes
Shadav
-
Containing 7 notes
Sampurna
Do not follow strict ascending or descending order of notes
Vakra
Emotions evoked by the raga
Mood:
Chanchal (Lively), Shringar (Romantic)
Adana is a variant of Kanada. This raga has , and as komal notes. Though is usually omitted in
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
, it can be used in aroh times to emphasize that it is a Kanada variant. Both and are employed in a
Do not follow strict ascending or descending order of notes
vakra
 manner in
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
. This raga uses the same notes as Darbari Kanada. However, Adana does not employ as much andolan on and ( will carry a bit more
Slight oscillation applied around a note
andolan
 than ). Furthermore, unlike Darabari, it is an
With focus on notes higher than M or P (depending on the point of view) of the middle octave
uttarang pradhan
 raga. Sometimes
A natural note (corresponds to notes in Western major scale)
shuddha
 is used in aroh. Owing to its chanchal nature, Adana is more apt for
Fast tempo
drut
 presentations.