Key Features of Raag Hansadhwani

• Hansadhwani is adopted from the Carnatic Classical Music system.

• Hansadhwani is a pentatonic raag with five notes. Its jati is audav.

• Due to the placement of the notes, it belongs to the Kalyan thaat while aligning with the samay of Kalyan, which is the first prahar of the night. It is crucial to cite that the Bhatkhande (insert book name here) considers Hansadhwani to belong to the Bilawal thaat. Many maestros draw similarities between Shankara and Hansadhwani, and the former belongs to the Bilawal thaat. For explanations on Bilawal and Kalyan thaat and phrases, watch the videos on Bhoopali and Deshkar.

• R is a very important and frequently used note in many a phrases of Hansadhwani, making it its vadi swar and the samvadi is P. It is thus a poorvang pradhan raag. It is crucial to cite that Bhatkhande (insert book name) considers the vadi of Hansadhwani as S.

• Mood:  Devotion, Romance

• Hansadhwani differs from Bhoopali by just one note: Hansadhwani uses Ni, while Bhoopali uses Dha.

• This raag bears similarities to Raag Shankara in the Hindustani classical music system.