Ravi Shankar was an influential Indian musician who created fusions between ... Bally Sagoo and Sazia Judge. This is the raga - the scale used in Shankar's Symphony. Play it on an instrument ...

The raga constitutes a form of thinking that is not mainstream in India; but giving it ‘classic’ status makes us think of it as ‘essentially’ Indian. Classical music exists, but its power ...

Begada and Abheri carried lustre due to Bharat’s understanding of the range and melody of the ragas ... soulful stopovers and extensions in the raga alapana. Ramaswami Sivan’s ‘Kadaikkan ...

If the raga treatises are testimony to his vision of the chosen melody, the swara segments impress the listener with his creative abilities in weaving and perfectly fitting them into the rhythm.