জয় হে : So you have seven
swara's, or musical notes, each associated with elements, animals,
chakra's and Hindu gods. Linearly arranged swara's, or
sur's in Hindi, form a
swaramalika, a chain of swara's. Mixing yours and my swara's, for instance, produces
our sur(YT) (
text).
Once again,
(YT) on a
Continuum Fingerboard. The seven swara's together are also called a '
sargam', a Devnaagri acronym formed by taking the first letter of each note. Sargam mix with each other and form
raaga's, melodic modes that depict the colours, hues and moods in Indian classical music. Assembling known maestros from every corner of the nation, and asking them to play their sargam's, you get
desh raag(YT): the Sound of a Nation.
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posted by the cydonian
on Aug 15, 2011 -
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