Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c7.4
Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c7.4
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structure of a melody have an upward or ascending tendency (ārohaṇa) with the cadential notes resting on the stronger pulses—then it is called a rāga (a masculine melody). And when the phrases and structure have a downward or descending tendency (avarohaṇa) with the cadential notes resting on the weaker impulses,—it is characterized as a rāgiṇī (a feminine melody).