For details, call 99001 53795 or 94485 74894. Box What is a melakarta? In musicology, melakarta refers to the 72 basic ragas (scales)---also called sampurna (complete) and parent (janaka ...

Once that is achieved, the raga can virtually go on auto pilot because the scales are so basic, the Indian equivalent of the western solfége Do Re Mi, only with the gamakams added. Muthuswamy ...

Ranging from the basic ragas like that of Shanmukhapriya, Hamsadhwani and Sriragam, there were certain compositions that started at Madhyamavati and ended at Hindola too. The selections were ...

In the session with Ranganatha Sarma, the audience were introduced to a technique developed by the vocalist to quickly identify the basic notes of all the 72 melakartha ragas. “He has devised ...

A ragamala in vocal music also conveys the name of a raga through lyrics in the respective passage. The ragamala started with Hindol, one of the six basic ragas of the Hindustani classical system ...

The late Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar performed slow, unraveling ragas on the rudra veena, a classical, low-register, double-gourd instrument that was eventually supplanted in popularity by the bass ...