A basis for the organisation and classification of ragas depending on the notes used
Thaat:
Kafi
Preferred time or season for playing
Time:
Early night or any time during rainy
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 5 notes
Audav
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Containing 5 notes
Audav
Emotions evoked by the raga
Mood:
Gambhir (Serious), Shringar (Romantic)
Megh is one of the rainy season ragas. It omits and . It uses all
A natural note (corresponds to notes in Western major scale)
shuddha
 notes except which is
A flat note
komal
. This is a serious and
With focus on notes lower than M or P (depending on the point of view) of the middle octave
poorvang pradhan
 raga. has high prominence and is repeated with grace of . This raga has the same notes as that of Madhmad Sarang but differs by the phrases utilized. It is always a challenge to present these two ragas perfectly, which invariably needs guidance from a teacher.