Raag Bageshree
राग बागेश्री
Kafi thaat Also spelled: Bageshri, Bagesree
A night raga from the Kafi thaat whose descent moves in a winding (vakra) line, and that turn is what identifies it.
- Thaat (parent scale)
- Kafi
- Jati (type)
- Audav – Sampurna · 5 notes up, 7 down
- Vadi (king note)
- Ma (Madhyam)
- Samvadi (minister note)
- Sa (Shadaj)
- Varjya swara (omitted)
- Re, Pa (in the ascent)
- Time of singing
- Second quarter of the night
Scale and structure
Key rule: Uses komal Ga and komal Ni. Re and Pa are skipped in the ascent.
Aaroha (ascent)
नि॒ (मंद्र) सा ग॒ म ध नि॒ सां
Avaroha (descent)
सां नि॒ ध म प ध ग॒ म ग॒ रे सा
Sargam is given in Devanagari, as it is written in practice — a line beneath a note marks it komal (flat), and (मंद्र) marks the lower octave.
Other ragas in Kafi thaat
Learning this with a teacher
These pages will take you a long way on theory. The singing needs a guru — live online classes, one level at a time, with exam preparation built in.