A basis for the organisation and classification of ragas depending on the notes used
Thaat:
Bilawal
Preferred time or season for playing
Time:
Afternoon
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 7 notes
Sampurna
-
Containing 7 notes
Sampurna
Do not follow strict ascending or descending order of notes
Vakra
Emotions evoked by the raga
Mood:
Shant (Serene, Peaceful), Shringar (Romantic)
Gaud Sarang is one of the members of the Sarang family. It is a very curvy natured raga. It has all the notes
A natural note (corresponds to notes in Western major scale)
shuddha
 except , of which both forms are used. Shuddha is used in both
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
 and
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
 while
A sharp note
tivra
 is used only along with in phrases such as , , . The key phrase of this raga is .
A sharp note
Tivra
 usage and phrases like indicate the Kalyan
A basis for the organisation and classification of ragas depending on the notes used
thaat
. Though this raga is a Sarang variant, the Sarang
Style of presenting based on another raga
ang
 is limited only to in phrase /.