Marva (thaat) explained

Marva or Marwa is one of the ten basic thaats of Hindustani music from the Indian subcontinent. It is also the name of a raga within this thaat.

Description

Marva thaat is obtained by adding a komal Rishabh to the Kalyan thaat. The mood of the Marva family of ragas is strongly and easily recognisable.

Ragas

Other ragas in Marva thaat:^[1]

• Marva
• Puriya
• Sohni
• Lalit (although it is sometimes placed in Purvi thaat)
• Bibhas (two other types of Bibhas are placed in Bhairav thaat or Purvi thaat)
• Pancham (Hindol Pancham)
• Maligaura
• Purba (Purbya)
• Purvakalyan
• Jait (Jayat) (not to be confused with Jait Kalyan
• Varati (raga)
• Bhatiyar
• Bhankar
• Lalita Gauri (sometimes placed in Purvi thaat)
• Sazgiri

According to O. Thakur^[2] Pūrvā Kalyāṇa is Marwa with Pa and less emphasis on komal Re. R. Jha^[3] treats Bhaṭiya as a mixture of Marwa and Maand.^[4] There is only one Author (B. Subba Rao) mentioning a raga Māravā Gaurī, thus Moutal does not consider this an own form.^[5] Aspects of Marwa are also incorporated in Mali Gaura.^[6]

References

• Book: Jairazbhoy, N.A. . Nazir Jairazbhoy . The Rags of North Indian Music: Their Structure & Evolution . Popular Prakashan . Bombay . 1995 .
• Book: Bor . Joep . Rao . Suvarnalata . The Raga Guide: A Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas . 1999 . Nimbus Records with Rotterdam Conservatory of Music . 9780954397609 . en .
• Book: Moutal, Patrick . A Comparative Study of Selected Hindustāni Rāga-s . Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt Ltd . New Delhi . 1991 . 81-215-0526-7.

Notes and References

1. Kaufmann p 315ff
2. Moutal p.77
3. Vol 1 p 116
4. Moutal p. 207
5. Moutal p. 257
6. Moutal p.493