Hindustani / Ragas / Narayani
Raag Narayani
Narayani is a Khamaj-thaat raag, given its full colour in the 2nd prahar of the night. It uses five swaras on the way up and six coming down. Phrases centre on Shadj - the vadi, or king swara - answered by Pancham as samvadi.
Swars: Gandhar and Nishad Varjya in Aaroh, Gandhar Varjya in Avroh. Nishad Komal in Avroh. Rest all Shuddha Swaras.
Raga Narayani
2nd Prahar of the Night (9PM to 12AM)Khamaj thaatAudhav - ShadhavVadi: ShadjSamvadi: Pancham
SRmPDṠ
ṠnDPmRS
Pakad: S R ʼn ʼD ʼP · ʼm ʼP ʼD S · m R · m R S · S R P · m P n D D P · D P m R S
Sargam is written with Sa on C: komal swars are lowercase, teevra Ma is M̄, ʼ before a swar marks the lower (mandra) octave and Ṡ / ʼ after marks the upper (taar) octave. The synth plays plain notes - the gamak, meend, and andolan that bring a raag to life are what you learn in class with an expert.