The "raga" is the melodic form, but it is not just a scale, Shankar says. There are roughly 72 parent scales. And each scale has hundreds of ragas, which can be pentatonic (five notes), hexatonic (six ...

Sierra Madre Playhouse deepens its connection to Indian classical traditions with a program featuring violinist Arun ...

Delhi-based startup RaagaPay claims to be “India’s first ethical Indian classical music dataset for AI”, specifically Hindustani classical music. “When you ask a Suno to give [you a song in […] ...

WORCESTER — A number of different elements will be working in harmony together at the Classical Musical Melody of India concert at 7 p.m. June 3 in Mechanics Hall. The concert is a fundraiser for Joy ...

Breaking Down Classical Indian Music: Raga and Tala Composer Reena Esmail breaks down the difference between raga and tala in Indian classical music, and how their function compares to scales and ...

Agra-born, New York-based philanthropist and musician Ila Paliwal on her $10-million endowment to Carnegie Hall for a festival of Indian music ...

For hundreds of centuries, raga has formed the backbone of Indian classical music, offering a guideline for musicians to improvise when performed live. Ragas—which roughly translates to “coloring”—are ...

Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya occupies a rare space in global music history. He is the first Indian artist inducted into the World Music Hall of Fame. A master of the Hindustani slide guitar, he ...

Subramanian is a technology executive and classic music teacher. She lives in Carmel Valley. One of my earliest childhood memories is of listening to and learning the South Indian classical music ...