[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935) › c5.32 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c5.32 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c5.32 - **Language:** English ### [c5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.32) According to Matanga, an ancient authority on Music, ‘no classical melody (\*mārga\*) can be composed from four notes and less; melodies with notes of less than five are used by tribes such as Śavaras, Pulindas, Kāmbojas, Vaṅgas, Kirātas, Vālhīkas, Andhras, Draviḍas, and foresters.’³ An exception is made in the case of a class of stage songs known as \*dhruvās\*, which though regarded as classical melodies, - [Previous: c5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.31) - [Next: c5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.33) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5.32) · Pramāṇa