Singing and playing a melody in a five note raag
I can sing and play a melody using a raag.
Singing and playing a melody in a five note raag
I can sing and play a melody using a raag.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.
These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- In a raag, aaroh is the name the ascending notes and avroh is the name for the descending notes.
- Raags can be played and sung - or both.
- We can sing the notes in a raag using the sargam. The notes are Sa, Re, Ga, ma, Pa, Dha, Ni.
- Sa, Re, Ga, ma, Pa, Dha, Ni can be played on C, D, E, F, G, A, B on our instruments.
Keywords
Sargam - the name for the singing notes in Hindustani classical music
Raag - musical notes used to make a composition (from Sanskrit language meaning ‘to colour’)
Aaroh - the ascending notes in a raag (going up in pitch)
Avroh - the descending notes in a raag (going down in pitch)
Common misconception
A raag can only be played on a sitar.
Raags can be sung too. They can also be played on other instruments. Common instruments used in Hindustani classical music include harmonium, flute, bansuri and sarod. In the classroom, a largely accessible instrument is a glockenspiel.
Equipment
Glockenspiels, xylophones or chime bars. Keyboards could also be used -though these tend not to have the note names visible. One instrument between two is suggested.
Licence
Lesson video
Loading...
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
the ascending (going up) notes in a raag
the descending (going down) notes in a raag
the melodic framework that gives us the notes we can use to play
the notes we can sing that are similar to do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti