Raag Durga
राग दुर्गा
Bilawal thaat
A five-note raga from the Bilawal thaat that leaves out Ga and Ni. Every note it does use is natural.
- Thaat (parent scale)
- Bilawal
- Jati (type)
- Audav – Audav · 5 notes up, 5 down
- Vadi (king note)
- Dha (Dhaivat)
- Samvadi (minister note)
- Re (Rishabh)
- Varjya swara (omitted)
- Ga, Ni
- Time of singing
- Second quarter of the night
Scale and structure
Key rule: A pentatonic scale. It omits Ga and Ni, and all notes are shuddha (natural).
Aaroha (ascent)
सा रे म प ध सां
Avaroha (descent)
सां ध प म 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.
Examined at
Other ragas in Bilawal 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.