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.

10 thaatsAroha · Avaroha · PakadVadi / SamvadiCommon traps

Raga Ear Quiz

Ten thaats, played over a Sa-Pa drone. Name what you heard.

The Map

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

Hindustani thaat

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 map

Bilawal Thaat

adds 4; removes ♯4

Hindustani thaat

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

Hindustani thaat

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

Hindustani thaat

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

Hindustani thaat

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

Hindustani thaat

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

Hindustani thaat

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

Hindustani thaat

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

Hindustani thaat

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

Hindustani thaat

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

Hindustani thaat

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

Western mode

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

Mode and raga bridge

1

Sa

♭2

re

2

Re

♭3

ga

3

Ga

4

Ma

♯4

Ma+

5

Pa

♭6

dha

6

Dha

♭7

ni

7

Ni