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  2. List of Janya ragas - Wikipedia

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    Melakarta Ragas Janya ragas are Carnatic music ragas derived from the fundamental set of 72 ragas called Melakarta ragas, by the permutation and combination of the various ascending and descending notes. The process of deriving janya ragas from the parent melakartas is complex and leads to an open mathematical possibility of around thirty thousand ragas. Though limited by the necessity of the ...

  3. Bhairavi (Carnatic) - Wikipedia

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    Bhairavi is also one of the most common ragas in which ragam-thanam-pallavi is rendered, due to the scope for elaboration. There is a near-infinite number of compositions in this raga, which can be sung at any time of day. Ragas which have similar murchanas and/or anya swara patterns to Bhairavi include Manji, Mukhari, and Huseni.

  4. Bhimpalasi - Wikipedia

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    The raga has komal Ni and Ga. Rishabh ((re)second) and dhaivat ((Dha)sixth) are skipped in āroha (ascending) passages, but are given due importance when descending (avroha). Since the scale has 5 notes ascending and all 7 descending, the resulting jāti is Audav–Sampūrṇa . [ 1 ]

  5. Raga - Wikipedia

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    While ragas in Hindustani music are divided into thaats, ragas in Carnatic music are divided into melakartas. A raga (IAST: rāga, IPA:; also raaga or ragam or raag; lit. ' colouring ' or ' tingeing ' or ' dyeing ' [1] [2]) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode. [3]

  6. Janya - Wikipedia

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    There are various other classifications of janya ragas. These are based on relationships with other ragas (they give a feel of a different but similar raga), presence of gamakas (oscillations and graces around the note), stresses on notes or lack of them, the time of day when a raga is sung, rasa or mood that they evoke, etc.

  7. Carnatic raga - Wikipedia

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    An alapana, sometimes also called ragam, [7] is the exposition of a raga or tone - a slow improvisation with no rhythm, [8] where the raga acts as the basis of embellishment. [9] In performing alapana, performers consider each raga as an object that has beginnings and endings and consists of sequences of thought.

  8. Indian classical music - Wikipedia

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    Raga in Indian classical music is intimately related to tala or guidance about "division of time", with each unit called a matra (beat, and duration between beats). [73] A raga is not a tune, because the same raga can yield a very large number of tunes. [77] A raga is not a scale, because many ragas can be based on the same scale.

  9. Odissi - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Odissi exists in two major styles, the first perfected by women and focussed on solemn, spiritual temple dance ; the second perfected by boys dressed as girls [18] which diversified to include athletic and acrobatic moves, and were performed from festive occasions in temples to general folksy entertainment. [6]