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35+ Rare Hindustani Ragas 🎵 – Discover Seasonal & Hidden Gems of Indian Classical Music

🎼 Introduction Dive into the mesmerizing world of Indian classical music through a curated selection of unique ragas. Each raga presented below is rooted in centuries of tradition and carries a distinct flavor, emotional expression, and melodic structure. Whether…

20+ Rare Hindustani Ragas 🎵 – Discover Unique Melodic Gems

🎼 Introduction Dive into the mesmerizing world of Indian classical music through a curated selection of unique ragas. Each raga presented below is rooted in centuries of tradition and carries a distinct flavor, emotional expression, and melodic structure. Whether…

15 Rare Hindustani Ragas You Should Know 🎵 – From Purvi to Bhimpalasi

🎼 Introduction Dive into the mesmerizing world of Indian classical music through a curated selection of unique ragas. Each raga presented below is rooted in centuries of tradition and carries a distinct flavor, emotional expression, and melodic structure. Whether…

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Hindustani Classical Music is an astonishing gift from god given to us. It is Indian classical music tradition, which took silhouette in northern India in 13th & 14th centuries from the spiritual, Folk and melodramatic recital performs. Hindustani Classical Music…

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Alankaar and Raga

Alankaar and Raga

Alankaar  The defination of Alankaar is as follows:  Alankaar – Some regular Varna communities are called ‘Alankaar’ . Alankaar means aabhushan or jewel. Just like jewels increases the grace of physical body, in the same manner Alankaars enhance the beauty of singing….

Indian Thaat Origination

Indian Thaat Origination

Indian Swara Octave Development   The Swara Octave which is clarified in India is from Sa to Ma, the order of interval. It is important to understand for prior students of music in the context of Indian Swara Octave development, that  Swara Octave categorised by…

Growth of Musical Octave

Growth of Musical Octave

  Musical Octave Development   In origin of Swaras, one of the first swaras recognised pleasant to ears were Shadaj (Sa) and Pancham (Pa) Swara. It was realized that there is some gap between these swaras which is haven’t filled up yet. After more research…

DHWANI VIGYAN

Naad “ Nakaar ” is Pran vachak and “ Dakaar ” is Agni Vachask . Therefore the sound which is generated from the connection of air and fair is called as Naad . Usually two types of naad are there: Ahat and Anahat . Both the Naad have appeared in the body, so the body…

FORMS OF SHRUTI

FORMS OF SHRUTI As we can see there are 2 names as Shruti and swar, but there is no special difference in both if seen carefully. Because both the voices are helpful in music, are used in singing and both voices can be heard clearly. Now let’s explain the distinction…

SANGEET-KA-SWAR-PAKSHYA

ELUCIDATION OF SHRUTI AND SWARA

The sound which can be used in the song and can be distinguished clearly from one another is identified as Shruti . To understand more clearly from this, suppose we first took a Naad (note) whose movement number ( andolan sankhya ) is 100 vibrations per second. Then…

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