Kedār
Devotional and lyrical — named for Śiva, sung in the first watch of night.
Kedār takes both Madhyams and uses a strongly vakra ascent. Its identity rests on the phrase S M, M P — a leap from the tonic straight to Madhyam that no other Kalyāṇ rāga makes.
अयं भागः भवतः भाषायां न अस्ति — आङ्ग्लभाषायां दर्शितः।
आरोहः, अवरोहः, पकडश्च
स्वरलिपिसंकेतः — कोमलस्वराः लघ्वक्षरैः, तीव्रमध्यमः M′, मन्द्रसप्तकः ˌ, तारसप्तकः ′ इति।
रागस्य गतिः
Ga is omitted in ascent and touched only lightly in descent. Śuddha Ma is the vādi and the note of rest; tīvra Ma appears in descending turns from Pa. The leap S M must be clean and unhurried.
प्रयुक्ताः तालाः
Kanhā re nand nandan
X = समः · 0 = खाली · 2, 3, 4 = ताली · एकं कोष्ठं = एका मात्रा · – = विलम्बनम्।
The sthāyī opens on the S–M leap, which makes it an ideal composition for fixing the rāga's signature in the ear from the first lesson.