The objective of this book is to present a good and quick reference guide for Ragas, simple and easy access to raga information and provide all information on different format in a single page.Īn essential and comprehensive reference source withinformation on any type of raga at your fingertips. Makes the book a very essential tool for understanding the raga concept as prevalent today. An exhaustive master index on ragas, index based on different classifications based on Sampoorna and Asampoorna Mela, Hindustani, Carnatic, Tamil Panns, Kathakali ragas, Western scales, etc. Information on Melakartha parentage, its svara notation, Equivalent Western scale, Staff Notation, The Tamil Pann relationship, Hindustani raga equivalent are some of the important information provided for each raga.Įach Raga is graphically presented with synonyms, Carnatic letter notation, Staff Notation, ABC letter notation, semitone intervals, sruthi bhedam, swarasthanas, varjya swaras, raga types, Western scale types, piano rolls and much more. Comprehensive information and equivalent of about 1200 Ragas covering various Carnatic ragas, Hindustani Ragas, Tamil Panns, and Western Scalesare included in this book.

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With the help of Permutation & Combination, we come across several variants of these Sapta Swaras. This comprises of Lower & Higher variety notes. There are two positional varieties of five Swaras namely “Ri, Ga, Ma, Dha & Ni”. With a wide variety of Raga Collection in Carnatic Music, we also have named this music as “Raga Sangeetham”. Nishada– Finally, the Sapta Swaras end with “Ni” that matches upto “Ti” in Western music.Ĭarnatic Music is enriched with a myriad of musical culture based on these Sapta Swaras. Dhaivata– Sixth of the Sapta Swaras, it matches upto “La” in Western music.ħ. Since, it sits in the Perfect Fifth, the name is being given and matches upto “So” in Western music.Ħ. Panchama– In Sanskrit, it stands for “Fifth”. This matches upto “Fa” in Western music.ĥ. Madhyama – In Sanskrit, the term implies “Middle” as it sits in the mid-portion of these Sapta Swaras. Gandhara – This is the same as the “Mi” in Western music.Ĥ.

Rishabha–It stands for an Ox or Cow and matches upto the “Re” in Western music.ģ. This is the first musical note that generates the other 6 notes. Shadja - While Shadja is “Six” in Sanskrit this matches upto as the “Do” in Western music. It is also believed that these Sapta Swaras are equivalent to the Western notes i.e.

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