Kanada (family of ragas) in the context of "Darbari"

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⭐ Core Definition: Kanada (family of ragas)

Kanada (Hindustani pronunciation: [ˈkänəɽä ˈrägäŋg], (ISO 15919/IAST: Kānaṛā rāgaṅg Hindi: कान्हड़ा,Tamil: கானடா, Kannada: ಕಾನಡ, Bengali: কানাড়া)) also known as Kanhada is a group of ragas in Indian Classical Music . They are all derived from the Carnatic music raga Kanada. This raga was adapted into Hindustani Music from Carnatic Music. Some scholars suggest that all the raga's in the Kanada family are derived from individual aspects of Kanada. Shudda Kanada/Darbari Kanada is one of the most familiar raga's in the family and is considered to have the highest romantic, melancholy and longing aspect of Kanada in it. Other similar raga families are the Malhar family and the Sarang family.

Ragas in this group belong to different thaats, but particularly to the Asavari or Kafi thaat.
Sadharana/Komal Gandhar (Ga) and Chaturshruti/Shudda/Komal Dhaivat (Dha) are vakra (zigzag) in descent and are used in phrases like gMR and dnP.

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👉 Kanada (family of ragas) in the context of Darbari

Darbari Kanada, or simply Raga Darbari (pronounced darbāri kānada), is a raga in Hindustani music. It is a janya ragam (derived scale) of 20th Melakarta raga Natabhairavi. It is believed to be borrowed into Hindustani classical music by Miyan Tansen, the famous 16th-century composer in the Mughal emperor Akbar's court. It belongs to the Kanada family. It is believed that the Mughal emperor Akbar was very fond of this raaga. Hence often made Miyan Tansen sing this raaga in his court. This is reflected in the name itself; Darbar is the Persian derived word in Hindi meaning "court." As the most familiar raga in the Kanada family, it may sometimes also be called Shuddha Kanada or pure Kanada. It belongs to the Asavari thaat. This raag is called raaga Kaanada in Yakshagana Karnataka state dance. It is also sometimes written as Durbari and Durbarikanada.

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ISO 15919 → IAST → Hindi → Tamil language → Kannada → Bengali language → Raga → Indian classical music → Carnatic music → Hindustani Music → Carnatic Music → Darbari Kanada → Malhar (family of ragas) → Sarang (family of ragas) → Thaat → Asavari (thaat) → Kafi (thaat) → Gandhar (svara) → Dhaivat (svara) →