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The ten thaats

A thaat is a parent scale of seven swaras, one of each, from which raags are grouped. These are the ten of Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande's system, the one the book's notation follows.

Unlike the taal and raag pages, this list is standard knowledge rather than a reading of the book. A dash under a swara is komal; a stroke over Ma is teevra.

In the studio's palta builder, a thaat gives you its seven swaras up and down alike; a raag gives you only the swaras it takes, in its own aroh and avroh.