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Page 153
... rāga in that they provided the melodic basis for composition and presumably , improvisation . They were not merely ... rāga does not occur in the Nāṭya - śāstra , the names applied to the individual grāma - rāgas are all mentioned . Two ...
... rāga in that they provided the melodic basis for composition and presumably , improvisation . They were not merely ... rāga does not occur in the Nāṭya - śāstra , the names applied to the individual grāma - rāgas are all mentioned . Two ...
Page 154
... rāga Indian notes Śruti values Comparable Western notes Sadja - grāma - rāga Indian notes Śruti values Comparable Western notes Sādava - grāma - rāga Indian notes Śruti values Comparable Western notes Pañcama - grāma - rāga Indian notes ...
... rāga Indian notes Śruti values Comparable Western notes Sadja - grāma - rāga Indian notes Śruti values Comparable Western notes Sādava - grāma - rāga Indian notes Śruti values Comparable Western notes Pañcama - grāma - rāga Indian notes ...
Page 156
... rāga is found in the varying emphasis placed on different notes in a rāga . Rāgas , furthermore , also have melodic ele- ments , such as certain recurrent nuclear motives ( brief melodic fragments ) that enable the rāga to be identified ...
... rāga is found in the varying emphasis placed on different notes in a rāga . Rāgas , furthermore , also have melodic ele- ments , such as certain recurrent nuclear motives ( brief melodic fragments ) that enable the rāga to be identified ...
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