Ragas in Indian Music: A Complete Source Book For Ragas in Carnatic Music, Hindustani Music, Tamil Music, Equivalent Western Scales (Prensented in Western Staff Notation)

by V.K. Krishna Prasad

Ragas in Indian Music is an exhaustive reference guide for Ragas in Indian Music. Comprehensive information and equivalent of about 1200 Ragas covering variousCarnatic ragas, Hindustani Ragas,Tamil Panns, andWestern Scalesare included in this book.

Information on Melakartha parentage, its svara notation, Equivalent Western scale, Staff Notation, TheTamil Pann relationship, Hindustani raga equivalent are some of the important information provided for each raga.

Each Raga is graphically presented with synonyms, Carnatic letter notation, Staff Notation, ABC letter notation,semitone intervals, sruthi bhedam, swarasthanas, varjya swaras,raga types, Western scale types, piano rolls and much more. An exhaustive master index on ragas, index based on different classifications based onSampoorna and Asampoorna Mela, Hindustani, Carnatic, Tamil Panns, Kathakali ragas,Western scales, etc. Makes the book a very essential tool for understanding the raga concept as prevalent today..

The objective of this book is to present a good and quick reference guide for Ragas, simple and easy access toraga information and provide all information on different format in a single page.

An essential and comprehensive reference source withinformation on any type of raga at your fingertips.