Ragas Have Musical Scales, That Is, the Shapes of the Various Scales Are Named
Raga is rules of the melodies.
There are countless variations of the ragas’ scales but there are also conventions.
What are 6 major conditions to take the form of each raga?
- 1.An octave is comprised of 5 to 7 note scale
- 2.There are determinate shapes in the ascending scale and the descending scale.
- 3.There are a tonic and a sub-tonic in the scale.
- 4.A mood is represented by emotions peculiar to the scale.
- 5.Time for performance is set.
Last, quite obvious but
6.It must have a name.