Thursday, January 10, 2008

Hindustani Music

Hindustani Classical Music is a North Indian classical music tradition that has been evolving from the 12th centuries AD onwards it is based on ragas. A raga is a melodic scale, consisting of notes from the basic seven known as sa, re, ga, ma pa, dha, and ni. Apart from Sa and pa which are constant, the other notes may be in major or minor tone, and this gives rise to innumerable combinations. Ten basic scales or that is recognized, and other ragas are considered to have evolved from these. A raga must contain a minimum of five notes.


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