A basis for the organisation and classification of ragas depending on the notes used
Thaat:
Kafi
Preferred time or season for playing
Time:
Dusk
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
-
Containing 7 notes
Sampurna
Do not follow strict ascending or descending order of notes
Vakra
Emotions evoked by the raga
Mood:
Chanchal (Lively), Karun (Sad, Compassionate), Shringar (Romantic)
Pilu is one of the most used ragas in semi classical presentations due to its
Lively and playful
chanchal
 nature. It is one of the complex ragas having shades of many ragas like Khamaj, Kafi etc. This raga uses both forms of , and . Usually
A natural note (corresponds to notes in Western major scale)
shuddha
 forms are used in
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
 and
A flat note
komal
 forms in
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
. But expert artists may use both forms of all the notes, in which case it is called Mishra Pilu. Guidance from a teacher is essential to understanding and getting the right phrases for this raga.