What is a raga? - Music: Practice Theory Stack Exchange Wikipedia describes a raga thus: A raga is sometimes explained as melodic rule set that a musician works with, but according to Dorottya Fabian and others, this is now generally accepted among mu
Differences between the concept of Scales , Raagas, and Thaats? Western music has Scales (major, minor, etc ) while Eastern Music primarily has a large number of Raagas derived from some basic Thaats Both these groups represent sets of notes on which actual song
What are the rules of improvisation in Indian ragas? A Raga is more like a set of rules as to how you progress though the mode than a melody in its own right Certain notes are designated for emphasis or avoidance, and for being approached or left in a particular manner
What is the relationship of raginis to ragas? Moreover, the raga may be associated with a certain time of day, a certain season, etc (The “feeling” is really more important than any technical definition An anecdote: my father is a great lover and listener of (Indian classical) music, but has no musical training
indian classical - Music: Practice Theory Stack Exchange Students of Carnatic classical music are taught Mayamalavagowla (melakarta 15), aka the double harmonic major gypsy major scale, as the default The introductory exercises for voice and ear train
scales - Music: Practice Theory Stack Exchange Javanese gamelan, at least, has two scales, though I don't know how they compare to raga or maqam as "forms of improvisation " If I understand correctly, however, the scales aren't systematic in the way of maqam, raga, and European modes and scales, and each gamelan may be tuned uniquely
How do modern performers harmonize Hindustani classical music? Interested to know how modern performers harmonize Hindustani classical music Like, I heard a beautiful piano performance in Raga Shuddh Sarang Was wondering what would be the left hand playing -
How does improvisation in Indian ragas differ significantly from jazz . . . Of things I've found, "Northern Indian Ragas" by Alain Danieou documents some 100 ragas, and is one of the few in English that include the tuning of the constituent notes and how those tunings contribute to or go hand-in-hand with that raga's special character Kudus to chirag pathak for his contribution of knowledge
alternative tunings - How many notes are in an octave in Indian . . . The chart below shows what relationships are used to arrive at the higher and lower shrutis for each note Different ragas use different shrutis for different notes, but within a raga, there is internal consistency and a logic to which set of shrutis is used (fascinating but complex subject that is a different discussion altogether)