Yaman (raga)
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Yaman
Thaat Kalyan
Related ragas Yaman Kalyan
Aaroha Ni Re Ga Dha Ni Sa
Avroha Sa Ni Dha Pa Ga Re Sa
Pakad Ni Re Ga Pa Ga Re Sa
Vaadi Ga
Samvaadi Ni
Prahar (Time) Evening (Pratham Prahar)


Yaman (also known as Emaan in West Asia and Kalyani
Kalyani (raga)
Kalyan or Kalyani, originally called Yaman, is a melakarta rāga in the Carnatic music of South India, and is also an important raga in Hindustani music.-Kalyani in Carnatic music:...

in Carnatic classical music) is a heptatonic (Sampurna
Sampurna
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) Hindustani Classical
Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the Hindustani or North Indian style of Indian classical music found throughout the northern Indian subcontinent. The style is sometimes called North Indian Classical Music or Shāstriya Sangeet...

 raga
Raga
A raga is one of the melodic modes used in Indian classical music.It is a series of five or more musical notes upon which a melody is made...

 of Kalyan Thaat
Thaat
A thāt is a mode in northern Indian or Hindustani music. Thāts always have seven different pitches and are a basis for the organization and classification of ragas in North Indian classical music.- System :...

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Description

Yaman emerges from Kalyan Thaat
Thaat
A thāt is a mode in northern Indian or Hindustani music. Thāts always have seven different pitches and are a basis for the organization and classification of ragas in North Indian classical music.- System :...

.

Mechanics

Yaman's Jati is a Shadav-Sampurna, where Aaroha omits Pancham (Pa) and Avroha includes all the seven swaras. All the swaras in the raga are Shuddha, the exception being Teevra Madhyam(Ma)

In context

Yaman is supposed to be one of the most fundamental ragas in Hindustani Classical Music. It is usually one of the first ragas taught to the serious classical music student.

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