ragas

Subramaniam, she decided to experiment the effect of various 'ragas' on the body.

The Hindu - Front Page 2009

"I try different 'ragas', see the response and then zero in on the right one," she says.

The Hindu - Front Page 2009

Learning the ragas and mastering the instrument were both difficult challenges.

Ali Akbar Khan R.I.P 2009

Baluch tribesmen screech into these road stops driving old autos and motorcycles, wearing Arab head scarves, speaking in harsh gutturals, and playing music whose rumbling rhythms, so unlike the introspective twanging ragas of the subcontinent, reverberate with the spirit of Arabia.

Pakistan’s Fatal Shore 2009

Learning the ragas and mastering the instrument were both difficult challenges.

Vitro Nasu » 2009 » June 2009

This was because both the blues and certain Indian ragas are pentatonic: they have five notes.

Amit Chaudhuri's musical circumnavigation Amit Chaudhuri 2010

In his case, the term 'beauty of the ragas' acquires a special meaning as he has to his credit the distinction of having created many new ragas.

Jim Luce: Indian Legend Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Sons Perform in NYC Jim Luce 2011

Baluch tribesmen screech into these road stops driving old autos and motorcycles, wearing Arab head scarves, speaking in harsh gutturals, and playing music whose rumbling rhythms, so unlike the introspective twanging ragas of the subcontinent, reverberate with the spirit of Arabia.

Pakistan’s Fatal Shore 2009

In his case, the term 'beauty of the ragas' acquires a special meaning as he has to his credit the distinction of having created many new ragas.

Jim Luce: Indian Legend Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Sons Perform in NYC Jim Luce 2011

The vertical runs and otherworldly sonorities of Ravi Shankar's ragas in particular inspired young musicians seeking to translate the sheer intensity of acid.

Jon Savage on song: The Dovers open their Third Eye Jon Savage 2010