Nathaniel Music Quiz - Ear Training and Music Theory
Can you name a raga from one phrase?
All ten Hindustani thaats, playable. Take the ear quiz first, then open the map below to see exactly which swara moved and what the grammar asks of you.
Raga Ear Quiz
Ten thaats, played over a Sa-Pa drone. Name what you heard.
Where modes, thaats and raga flavours overlap.
The scale map is literal. The raga notes explain where grammar goes beyond the notes — because the same seven pitches can be two completely different pieces of music.
Selected
Kalyan Thaat
Kalyan Thaat
Selected sound world
1
Sa
♭2
re
2
Re
♭3
ga
3
Ga
4
Ma
♯4
Ma+
5
Pa
♭6
dha
6
Dha
♭7
ni
7
Ni
Pitch Set
1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 7
Sa Re Ga Ma+ Pa Dha Ni
Ear Cue
The raised fourth is the shimmer.
Flavor
Major with tivra Ma: bright, floating, and open like Lydian.
By Ear
Sa and Pa drone underneath each playback so the flavor has a tonal center.
Yaman belongs here, but Yaman is not just Lydian; its signature comes from phrase shape and the treatment of Ni, Re, Ga, and tivra Ma.
Raga Phrase Grammar Cards
Raga Yaman example: grammar cues for aroha, avaroha, pakad, vadi/samvadi, and common traps.
Aroha
Ni Re Ga Ma+ Dha Ni Sa
Avaroha
Sa Ni Dha Pa Ma+ Ga Re Sa
Pakad
Ni Re Ga, Re Sa; Pa Ma+ Ga Re
Vadi / Samvadi
Ga / Ni
Common trap
Playing it as Lydian from Sa with no Ni-Re-Ga identity.
Let Ni lead into Re-Ga and treat tivra Ma as a luminous pivot, not just a scale degree.
Compare Against Related Sounds
12-tone mapBilawal Thaat
adds 4; removes ♯4
1
Sa
♭2
re
2
Re
♭3
ga
3
Ga
4
Ma
♯4
Ma+
5
Pa
♭6
dha
6
Dha
♭7
ni
7
Ni
Khamaj Thaat
adds 4, ♭7; removes ♯4, 7
1
Sa
♭2
re
2
Re
♭3
ga
3
Ga
4
Ma
♯4
Ma+
5
Pa
♭6
dha
6
Dha
♭7
ni
7
Ni
Kafi Thaat
adds ♭3, 4, ♭7; removes 3, ♯4, 7
1
Sa
♭2
re
2
Re
♭3
ga
3
Ga
4
Ma
♯4
Ma+
5
Pa
♭6
dha
6
Dha
♭7
ni
7
Ni
Asavari Thaat
adds ♭3, 4, ♭6, ♭7; removes 3, ♯4, 6, 7
1
Sa
♭2
re
2
Re
♭3
ga
3
Ga
4
Ma
♯4
Ma+
5
Pa
♭6
dha
6
Dha
♭7
ni
7
Ni
Bhairavi Thaat
adds ♭2, ♭3, 4, ♭6, ♭7; removes 2, 3, ♯4, 6, 7
1
Sa
♭2
re
2
Re
♭3
ga
3
Ga
4
Ma
♯4
Ma+
5
Pa
♭6
dha
6
Dha
♭7
ni
7
Ni
Bhairav Thaat
adds ♭2, 4, ♭6; removes 2, ♯4, 6
1
Sa
♭2
re
2
Re
♭3
ga
3
Ga
4
Ma
♯4
Ma+
5
Pa
♭6
dha
6
Dha
♭7
ni
7
Ni
Kalyan Thaat
Selected sound world
1
Sa
♭2
re
2
Re
♭3
ga
3
Ga
4
Ma
♯4
Ma+
5
Pa
♭6
dha
6
Dha
♭7
ni
7
Ni
Marwa Thaat
adds ♭2; removes 2
1
Sa
♭2
re
2
Re
♭3
ga
3
Ga
4
Ma
♯4
Ma+
5
Pa
♭6
dha
6
Dha
♭7
ni
7
Ni
Purvi Thaat
adds ♭2, ♭6; removes 2, 6
1
Sa
♭2
re
2
Re
♭3
ga
3
Ga
4
Ma
♯4
Ma+
5
Pa
♭6
dha
6
Dha
♭7
ni
7
Ni
Todi Thaat
adds ♭2, ♭3, ♭6; removes 2, 3, 6
1
Sa
♭2
re
2
Re
♭3
ga
3
Ga
4
Ma
♯4
Ma+
5
Pa
♭6
dha
6
Dha
♭7
ni
7
Ni
Dorian
adds ♭3, 4, ♭7; removes 3, ♯4, 7
1
Sa
♭2
re
2
Re
♭3
ga
3
Ga
4
Ma
♯4
Ma+
5
Pa
♭6
dha
6
Dha
♭7
ni
7
Ni
Mixolydian ♭6 / Charukesi Color
adds 4, ♭6, ♭7; removes ♯4, 6, 7
1
Sa
♭2
re
2
Re
♭3
ga
3
Ga
4
Ma
♯4
Ma+
5
Pa
♭6
dha
6
Dha
♭7
ni
7
Ni