Raag Yaman

Raag Yaman and several others in the family of Yaman Thaat have influenced several Bollywood songs. The equivalent scale in Western music is the Lydian scale.

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The intervals in this scale after the Tonic note are Major 2nd, Major 3rd, Augmenetd 4th, Perfect 5th, Major 6th and Major 7th.  The Swars are Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni – all Shuddh with Ma Tivra.

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The most common set of chords for songs based on this family are I Major, II Major and V Major. So if your Tonic or Sa is A, the scale will have the notes A, B, C#, D#, E, F#, G# and the you can use A Major (A, C#, E), B Major (B, D#, F#) and E Major (E, G#, B) to cover the entire song. 

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Check out the playlist below for lessons on songs influenced by this family of Raags.