You can think of A thaat as a “Parent scale” in Indian music. The thought of the thaat surely is not exactly same as to the western musical scale since the main purpose of a thaat is not as a tool for music composition, but rather as a basis for categorization of ragas. In this post I have presented total of 32 thaats, with diagram and most suitable fingering you can use.
01 Bilaval Thaat
In Bilaval thaat notes, used are C D E F G A B i.e Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. It uses all shudhha swaras. Notice that it is similar to a Major Scale in western music.
02 Anandbhairav Thaat
In Anandbhairav thaat, notes used are C Db E F G A B i.e Sa re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. It uses one komal swara i.e komal re.
03 Gauri Manohari Thaat
In Gauri Manohari thaat, notes used are C D Eb F G A B i.e Sa Re ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. It uses one komal swara i.e komal ga.
04 Kalyan Thaat
In Kalyan thaat, notes used are C D E F# G A B i.e Sa Re Ga MA Pa Dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses one tivra swara i.e tivra MA.
05 Natabhairav Thaat
In Natabhairav thaat, notes used are C D E F G Ab B i.e Sa Re Ga Ma Pa dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. It uses one komal swara i.e komal dha.
06 Zinzoti Thaat
In Zinzoti thaat, notes used are C D E F G A Bb i.e Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. It uses one komal swara i.e komal ni.
07 Kokilpriya Thaat
In Kokilpriya thaat, notes used are C Db Eb F G A B i.e Sa re ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. It uses two komal swara i.e komal re, ga.
08 Purva Kalyan Thaat
In Purva Kalyan thaat, notes used are C Db E F# G A B i.e Sa re Ga MA Pa Dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4. It uses one komal and one tivra swara i.e komal re and tivra MA.
09 Bhairav Thaat
In Bhairav thaat, notes used are C Db E F G Ab B i.e Sa re Ga Ma Pa dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4. It uses two komal swaras i.e komal re and dha.
10 Ahir Bhairav Thaat
In Ahir Bhairav thaat, notes used are C Db E F G A Bb i.e Sa re Ga Ma Pa Dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. It uses two komal swaras i.e komal re and ni.
11 Dharmavati Thaat
In Dharmavati thaat, notes used are C D Eb F# G A B i.e Sa Re ga MA Pa Dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses one komal swara and one tivra swara i.e komal ga and tivra MA.
12 Kirvani Thaat
In Kirvani thaat, notes used are C D Eb F G Ab B i.e Sa Re ga Ma Pa dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2. It uses two komal swaras i.e komal ga and komal dha.
13 Kafi Thaat
In Kafi thaat, notes used are C D Eb F G A Bb i.e Sa Re ga Ma Pa Dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. It uses two komal swaras i.e komal ga and komal ni.
14 Latangi Thaat
In Latangi thaat, notes used are C D E F# G Ab B i.e Sa Re Ga MA Pa dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses one komal swara and one tivra swara i.e komal dha and tivra MA.
15 Vachaspati Thaat
In Vachaspati thaat, notes used are C D E F# G A Bb i.e Sa Re Ga MA Pa Dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses one komal swara and one tivra swara i.e komal ni and tivra MA.
16 Charukeshi Thaat
In Charukeshi thaat, notes used are C D E F G Ab Bb i.e Sa Re Ga Ma Pa dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. It uses two komal swaras i.e komal dha and komal ni.
17 Suvarnangi Thaat
In Suvarnangi thaat, notes used are C Db Eb F# G A B i.e Sa re ga MA Pa Dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses two komal swaras and one tivra swara i.e komal re, komal ga and tivra MA.
18 Dhenuka Thaat
In Dhenuka thaat, notes used are C Db Eb F G Ab B i.e Sa re ga Ma Pa dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. It uses three komal swaras i.e komal re, komal ga and komal dha.
19 Natakpriya Thaat
In Natakpriya thaat, notes used are C Db Eb F G A Bb i.e Sa re ga Ma Pa Dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. It uses three komal swaras i.e komal re, komal ga and komal ni.
20 Puriya Dhanashri Thaat
In Puriya Dhanashri thaat, notes used are C Db E F# G Ab B i.e Sa re Ga MA Pa dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses two komal swaras and one tivra swara i.e komal re, komal dha and tivra MA.
21 Rampriya Thaat
In Rampriya thaat, notes used are C Db E F# G A Bb i.e Sa re Ga MA Pa Dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses two komal swaras and one tivra swara i.e komal re, komal ni and tivra MA.
22 Ragvardhini Thaat
In Ragvardhini thaat, notes used are C Db E F G Ab Bb i.e Sa re Ga Ma Pa dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. It uses three komal swaras i.e komal re, komal dha and komal ni
23 Sihendramadhyama Thaat
In Sihendramadhyama thaat, notes used are C D Eb F# G Ab B i.e Sa Re ga MA Pa dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses two komal swaras and one tivra swara i.e komal ga, komal dha and tivra MA.
24 Hemvati Thaat
In Hemvati thaat, notes used are C D Eb F# G A Bb i.e Sa Re ga MA Pa Dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses two komal swaras and one tivra swara i.e komal ga, komal ni and tivra MA.
25 Sindhbhairavi Thaat
In Sindhabhairavi thaat, notes used are C D Eb F G Ab Bb i.e Sa Re ga Ma Pa dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses three komal swaras i.e komal ga, komal dha and komal ni.
26 Rushabhpriya Thaat
In Sindhabhairavi thaat, notes used are C D E F# G Ab Bb i.e Sa Re Ga MA Pa dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses two komal swaras and one tivra swara i.e komal dha and komal ni and tivra MA.
27 Todi Thaat
In Todi thaat, notes used are C Db Eb F# G Ab B i.e Sa re ga MA Pa dha Ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses three komal swaras and one tivra swara i.e komal re, komal ga komal dha and tivra MA.
28 Shadvidh Margani Thaat
In Shadvidh Margani thaat, notes used are C Db Eb F# G A Bb i.e Sa re ga MA Pa Dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses three komal swaras and one tivra swara i.e komal re, komal ga komal ni and tivra MA.
29 Bhairavi Thaat
In Bhairavi thaat, notes used are C Db Eb F G Ab Bb i.e Sa re ga Ma Pa dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses four komal swaras i.e komal re, komal ga komal dha and komal ni.
30 Naamnarayani Thaat
In Naamnarayani thaat, notes used are C Db E F# G Ab Bb i.e Sa re Ga MA Pa dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses three komal swaras and one tivra swara i.e komal re, komal dha, komal ni and tivra MA.
31 Shanmukhpriya Thaat
In Shanmukhpriya thaat, notes used are C D Eb F# G Ab Bb i.e Sa Re ga MA Pa dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses three komal swaras and one tivra swara i.e komal ga, komal dha, komal ni and tivra MA.
32 Bhavpriya Thaat
In Bhavpriya thaat, notes used are C Db Eb F# G Ab Bb i.e Sa re ga MA Pa dha ni Sa and the fingering used is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. It uses four komal swaras and one tivra swara i.e komal re, komal ga komal dha, komal ni and tivra MA
