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Learn Raag Kafi on Harmonium – Complete Tutorial for Beginners 🎶
🎹 With Aroh, Avroh, Pakad, Time, and Popular Songs | Classical Raga Series by M. Hussain

Welcome to this detailed tutorial on Raag Kafi, one of the most beautiful and soulful ragas in Indian classical music. In this video, you'll learn everything step-by-step on harmonium:

✅ Raag Name: Kafi
✅ Thaat: Kafi
✅ Jaati: Sampurna – Sampurna
✅ Vadi (Main Note): Pa
✅ Samvadi (Second Important Note): Re
✅ Time to Sing/Play: Early Evening (6 PM – 9 PM)
✅ Mood: Romantic, Shringar Rasa

🎵 Aroh (Ascending Scale):
Sa Re Ga (komal) Ma Pa Dha (komal) Ni (komal) Sa

🎵 Avroh (Descending Scale):
Sa (upper) Ni (komal) Dha (komal) Pa Ma Ga (komal) Re Sa

🎯 Pakad (Signature Phrase):
Ga (komal) Re Sa, Re Ga (komal) Ma Pa, Ga (komal) Re Sa

🎤 Popular Songs Based on Raag Kafi:

"Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Hi Jaye"

"Poocho Na Kaise Maine Rain Bitai"

"Ab Ke Sawan Mein Jee Dare"

Bhajans and Semi-Classical Thumri

📚 Based on the book “Classical Ragas and Hundreds of Its Songs” by M. Hussain
➡️ A perfect guide for beginners to advanced students of Indian classical music.

📌 What You'll Learn in This Video:

How to play Raag Kafi on harmonium

Practice of Aroh & Avroh with correct fingering

How to identify and use the Komal notes

Playing the Pakad and simple improvisation

Song demonstration with basic notation

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Transcript
00:00Raga Kaafi its vaadi sur is Paar and sam vaadi sur is Sa i.e. Kharj
00:04So let's start with this, let's play it on C sharp, that is, on the first black note
00:09If we play it, it becomes like this
00:12All the things are measured and generous
00:30Sami
00:41So the music will be like the sargam of this Raga Kafi
00:44like we play chic coffee
00:47All the things are measured and generous
01:03Sami
01:13So the music will be like the sargam of this Raga Kafi
01:16like we play chic coffee
01:19So now let's see its grip
01:22How will it be caught
01:23the stone is peeled from the stone
01:42Sami Dapar is the most measured donor
01:59So let's see its grip like this
02:01the bestowed upon the measurer
02:10like a measured donor
02:20Sami Dapar is the most measured donor
02:32So this is how it is held
02:34If we talk about its songs
02:35So it has very famous songs
02:38As if the nights give us an excuse, my friend.
02:50So this very first ghazal of Gulamari Khan Saab is in the same Raag Kaafi.
02:56Next if we talk then very famous songs
03:00Let's watch its next song
03:06That happened till today as we breathed
03:10It is said that very famous kalam
03:12Let's see what happened to how many seasons it was
03:24This detachment is enough for today's video, see you in the next video
03:28will see you with next episode thank you very much
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