HindustaniRāga of Bilāval thāṭ
Mand
Mand is a Hindustani rāga of Bilawal thāṭ, sung 9–12 pm (late evening). Vādī Sa, samvādī Pa. Āroha: Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni, Pa, Dha, upper Sa. Avaroha: upper Sa, Ni, Dha, Pa, Ma, Ga, Re, Ga, Sa.
Numbers between pads count the semitones from one note to the next. Play from your keyboard with A W S E D F T G Y H U J K.Pitch rises upward. Numbers beside the pads count the semitones between neighbouring notes.
- Thāṭ
- Bilāval
- Vādī / Saṁvādī
- Sa / Pa
- Time
- 9–12 pm · late evening
- Jāti
- Sampūrṇa · 7 / 7
Raised vs natural Ma
Raise Ma by a semitone, then play both versions.
Natural Ma sits a semitone above Ga and a whole step below Pa: a settled fourth that rests rather than leans.
Scale
7 notes · SaReGaMaPaDhaNi · Zig-zag (vakra) both ways
From the textbook
tanarang.com. The second source the site checks against differs here, or has nothing to compare, so this is waiting on a musician’s review.