Rāga

Literally ‘colour’ or ‘hue’ in Sanskrit, rāga has come to mean ‘beauty’, ‘harmony’ and ‘melody’. Consisting of five or more musical notes from which a melody is created, the rāga is one of the melodic modes of Indian classical music. Traditionally, rāgas express the moods of different times of day or seasons to help create an emotional response in the listeners.

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