The ‘thaat’ system in Hindustani music was created as a way to classify the countless ragas that exist within the style. It takes ragas with similar features and groups them together.

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Raga Yaman, also sometimes known as Raga Kalyan, is usually one of the beginner ragas taught to students because it uses all of the 7 notes. This raga is considered to be the Janaka Raga/Ashraya Raga of the family Kalyan.

Raga Bhoop or Bhoopali is the first raga taught to most students of Hindustani music. It uses 5 of the 7 shuddha swaras of the saptak; Madhyam (Ma) and Nishad (Ni) are not allowed in this raga. Its jati is audhav, meaning that both the aaroha and avroha have 5 notes.

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A raga is considered to be the soul of Indian classical music, whether it be Hindustani or Carnatic. It is the backbone of classical music.

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These shuddha swaras, or notes, have been established in our ancient musical scriptures. The combination of these 7 notes creates a saptak, or an octave: SA RE GA MA PA DHA NI SA