Rāga Atlas
Hindustani and Carnatic rāgas to play, compare and practice. Pick one and press a key.
New to rāgas? A rāga is a set of notes and a way of moving between them. Start with the basics →
Tradition
Rāga
Tempo
Numbers between pads count the semitones from one note to the next. Play from your keyboard with the letters on the pads: A S D F and on, in order.Pitch rises upward. Numbers beside the pads count the semitones between neighbouring notes.
Open KalyāṇiAtlasEvery rāga, by parent scale.CompareAny two rāgas, side by side.PracticeDrone, phrases and metronome.
Open to everyone. Sign in only to save rāgas, phrases and notes.
Popular rāgas
The Atlas holds the 72 melakartas and 242 janya rāgas of Carnatic music, and 116 Hindustani rāgas under the 10 thāṭs. Each has a page with its ascent and descent (arohanam and avarohanam, or āroh and avroh), a keyboard to play it on and a drone to practice against.
Carnatic
Hindustani