Musical Anatomy
Thaat
Marwa
Jati
Shadav
Time
Late Evening
Vadi
Ma
Samvadi
Re
Nature
Romantic, yearning, twilight
Arohana (Ascent)
Sa re Ga Ma* Pa Ni Ṡa▲Avarohana (Descent)
Ṡa▲ Ni Dha Ma* Ga re SaPakad (Characteristic Phrase)
re Ga Ma* Ni Ṡa▲Notation guide
Vadi (Ma)Samvadi (Re)Komal ♭Tivra ♯AbsentSaShuddha — naturalsaKomal — flatMa*Tivra — sharp▲Taar saptak▼Mandra saptak
Sohini is a beautiful twilight raga of the Marwa family. It omits Pa on descent and uses tivra Ma and komal Re, giving it a uniquely yearning, romantic quality. Its vadi-samvadi relationship between Ma and Re (a tritone) is unusual and characteristic.
Discover More Songs in Sohini
Discover More Songs in Sohini
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Many Hindi film songs blend multiple raags across their mukhda and antara. When searching, you may discover songs primarily in other raags that share Sohini's emotional palette — that's intentional cross-raag composition by the music director.