A basis for the organisation and classification of ragas depending on the notes used
Thaat:
Kafi
Preferred time or season for playing
Time:
Late night or any time during spring
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 6 notes
Shadav
Do not follow strict ascending or descending order of notes
Vakra
Emotions evoked by the raga
Mood:
Chanchal (Lively), Shringar (Romantic), Veer (Bravery)
Bahaar is one of the seasonal ragas. Being a raga of spring season/basant ritu, can be presented at any time during spring and at late night in other seasons. This raga uses
A flat note
komal
 and both forms of . Of the two forms of , komal is used in both
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
 and
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
, while
A natural note (corresponds to notes in Western major scale)
shuddha
 is used in
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
, mostly in // phrases. is
Do not follow strict ascending or descending order of notes
vakra
 in aroh while and are vakra in both aroh and avaroh. 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. It is mixed with many ragas to create different variants such as Basant Bahaar, Bageshri Bahaar, and Hindol Bahaar.