Kafi
Indian Classical Raga
Kafi is a raga in Hindustani classical music and the principal raga of the Kafi thaat. It is a sampoorna-sampoorna (heptatonic) raga built on komal gandharam and komal nishadam. Its scale corresponds to the Carnatic raga Kharaharapriya and to the Dorian mode in Western music. Folk music in Tappa, Hori, Dadra, Kirtan and Bhajan from different parts of India has been composed in this raga. The atmosphere it creates is suitable for both types of Shringar (separation and union).
Scale
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Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Kafi's by a note or two.
- Adi Kapi
the same notes, moving differently
- Citta Ranjani
the same notes, moving differently
- Dilipika
the same notes, moving differently
- Kalanidhi
the same notes, moving differently
- Karnatakakapi
the same notes, moving differently
- Kharaharapriya
the same notes, moving differently