शास्त्र विंग · थाट-पट्टिका · Thaat Plate
खमाज
Khamaj
रागों का परिवार — जनक स्केल · A parent scale, family of raags
स्वरसा रे ग म प ध नि॒ सˊ
स्वर-रचना · The Scale
खमाज के स्वर · The Seven Swaras
सभी शुद्ध स्वर सिवाय निषाद (नि) के, जो कोमल (नि॒) में बदल जाता है। यह एकमात्र कोमलता एक चंचल, सुलभ, उत्सवमय चरित्र बनाता है।
आरोह · Aroha चढ़ती सीढ़ी
कोमल स्वर — नीचे की ओर झुका चिह्न (◌॒)सˊ = तार सप्तक का षड्ज
अंतराल · Interval W-W-H-W-W-H-W — Whole-Whole-Half-Whole-Whole-Half-Whole (each W = 2 semitones, H = 1 semitone)
इस थाट के राग
The Raags of this Thaatइस थाट से उपजे राग — हर एक अपने पूरे शास्त्र के साथ।
जनक राग · Janya Raags
पट्टिका-लेख
The Monographपरिचय Overview
खमाज थाट: उत्सव और खेल की आत्मा अगर कल्याण संध्या का रोमांस है और बिलावल दिन की स्पष्टता है, तो खमाज उत्सव है — त्योहार, जमावड़ा, वह पल जब अजनबी संगीत और नृत्य के माध्यम से दोस्त बन जाते हैं। एक ही संशोधन के साथ — निषाद (नि) को कोमल करना — भातखण्डे ने एक थाट बनाया जो आनंद, चंचलता, संवेदनशीलता और सामूहिक भावना को पकड़ता है।
अंग्रेज़ी में पढ़ें · Read in English
Khamaj Thaat: The Soul of Festivity and Play
If Kalyan is twilight romance and Bilawal is daylight clarity, then Khamaj is the celebration — the festival, the gathering, the moment when strangers become friends through music and dance. With a single modification — flattening the Nishad (Ni) — Bhatkhande created a thaat that captures joy, playfulness, sensuality, and communal spirit.
The komal Ni is Khamaj's signature. It creates a characteristic 'blues' tinge within a major-scale framework — a musical paradox. The scale is technically major (brightest, most transparent in Western theory), yet the flattened 7th adds earthiness, accessibility, a 'folk' quality. This paradox is what makes Khamaj so beloved: it is simultaneously sophisticated and accessible, romantic yet playful, classical yet folk-rooted.
Khamaj is the thaat of thumri — the light-classical form that gave voice to the nayika (heroine) in ways that 'serious' classical music could not. Thumri allowed for emotional flexibility, freedom to bend notes, playfulness in delivery — all characteristics that the Khamaj scale supports perfectly. The tawaif singers of Lucknow and Banaras made Khamaj the vehicle for expressing the full spectrum of female romantic experience: joy, longing, jealousy, surrender, defiance.
In Hindi film music, Khamaj is everywhere. Desh — a pentatonic child of Khamaj — appears in romantic duets, village scenes, wedding celebrations. Tilak Kamod graces spring songs. Jhinjhoti brings playfulness to devotional contexts. The accessibility and emotional range of Khamaj raags made them perfect for cinema's mission to reach all audiences.
Yet Khamaj is not simplistic. Advanced ragas like Manj Khamaj and Tilang offer infinite complexity. The great thumri singers spent lifetimes exploring the emotional landscapes of these raags. The komal Ni is not a limitation but a liberation — it allows the musician to move between the major and minor worlds, to express ambiguity, to celebrate the beautiful contradictions of human emotion.
भातखंडे पद्धति The Bhatkhande System
राग खमाज के नाम पर। भातखण्डे की 10-थाट प्रणाली का भाग।
अंग्रेज़ी में पढ़ें · Read in English
Named after Raag Khamaj. Part of Bhatkhande's 10-thaat system. Khamaj is among the most ancient raags in Hindustani music, with roots in folk and thumri traditions.
अन्य विवरण
More DetailsFilm Music Usage
Extremely high. Khamaj is the thaat of Hindi film's thumri, light-classical, and festival music. Desh in particular is ubiquitous in film songs for rural scenes, celebrations, and romantic moments. The 'blues' tinge of komal Ni gives Khamaj songs a distinctive charm.
References
इस थाट के प्रसिद्ध गीत
Famous Songsनमूना-पट्टी
The Specimen Table| नाम | खमाज · Khamaj |
|---|---|
| स्वर-रचना | सा रे ग म प ध नि॒ सˊ |
| भातखंडे क्रम | 2 |
| कर्नाटक मेलकर्ता | 28 - Harikambhoji |
| पाश्चात्य समतुल्य | G Major / Mixolydian Mode |
| जनक राग | 10 राग |
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