[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) › c6.44 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.44 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.44 - **Language:** English ### [c6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.44) "O! sister's daughter! Look here. It is a very clear beautiful night. I am, therefore, going to sing. Well then, in what melody (rāga) must I sing? \* \* \* \* What? Don't I know how to sing? Listen, I will tell you of the theory. It is thus. There are seven notes, three scales, twenty-one grace modes, forty-nine melodic improvisations, three units of time, three voice-registers, six ways of singing, nine emotions, thirty-six variations of the melody (varṇa); and forty minor melodies are known. Thus, the mode of singing will embrace all the 185 parts of song, pure as gold." - [Previous: c6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.43) - [Next: c6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.45) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.44) · Pramāṇa