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Raag Shahana Kanada
Shahana Kanada is a Kafi-thaat raag, given its full colour in the 3rd prahar of the night. It uses all seven swaras on the way up and all seven coming down, taking a vakra (winding) path rather than a straight line. Phrases centre on Pancham - the vadi, or king swara - answered by Shadj as samvadi.
Swars: Gandhar and Nishad Komal. Rest all Shuddha Swaras.
Raga Shahana Kanada
3rd Prahar of the Night (12AM to 3AM)Kafi thaatSampurna - Sampurna VakraVadi: PanchamSamvadi: Shadj
ʼnSRgmPmgmDnPmPDnṠ
ṠDnPmPgmRS
Pakad: P m g m D · D n P · Ṡ D n P · D m P g 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.