Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c5.17
Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c5.17
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A rāga may, therefore, be, more correctly, rendered as a “melody-mould,” a “melody-type,” or a “musical pattern.” “Except for the primary condition that certain notes are to come in a certain way, there is no other restriction imposed on the singing of a particular rāga” (R. Śrīnivāsa).