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My Gaayaki: “Upaj Ang” Ki Gaayaki
It is a false assumption that raag is made of swars. Swar cannot be the primary component of raag; it is actually is a component of saptak. From the swars of saptak first arise a phrase or upaj consisting of three (or four) notes. And from such upaj, finally a raag comes into being. Thinking differently – and rather retrospectively – we can say that raag can be broken down into its “fundamental building blocks” which are called, in musical language, upajes. Read more here.
Raag Personalities
The word Raag is a Sanskrit word that literally translates “Love”. But somehow its conventional meaning transformed to “mood”, or “atmosphere”. So in Hindustani music, raag means a melodious scheme of a set of specific notes which creates a particular mood or atmosphere. Notes and scales have their own appeal to human ears, but a raag goes one step further.... Read more here.
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