http://harsangeet.com/2008/05/what-is-a-raag/ Classical Indian Music Lessons Online - Learn to play Dilruba, Esraj, TarShehnai, Taus Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:46:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://harsangeet.com/2008/05/what-is-a-raag/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Josh Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:39:00 +0000 http://harsangeet.com/?p=3#comment-135 as for the time of day for certain raags, there are two camps on this. one states that the raag is appropriate to the particular time of day to which it is suited, morning raga for morning, etc., because in that way the actual experience and the feeling evoked by the raag work to enhance each other. the other camp, which i lean towards, is that it is totally appropriate to perform a specific raag in order to evoke the feeling of a certain time, such as sunset, in another time, such as afternoon. the feeling of sunset can be conveyed and enjoyed as if in anticipation earlier in the day, and is therefore appropriate. ultimately, i'm not sure it really matters. as for the time of day for certain raags, there are two camps on this. one states that the raag is appropriate to the particular time of day to which it is suited, morning raga for morning, etc., because in that way the actual experience and the feeling evoked by the raag work to enhance each other.
the other camp, which i lean towards, is that it is totally appropriate to perform a specific raag in order to evoke the feeling of a certain time, such as sunset, in another time, such as afternoon. the feeling of sunset can be conveyed and enjoyed as if in anticipation earlier in the day, and is therefore appropriate.
ultimately, i’m not sure it really matters.

]]> http://harsangeet.com/2008/05/what-is-a-raag/comment-page-1/#comment-2 David Whetstone Sun, 25 May 2008 22:19:50 +0000 http://harsangeet.com/?p=3#comment-2 Very very nice! I loved it. Very very nice! I loved it.

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