Singing and playing raags
I can sing and play notes from a raag.
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- Year 4
Singing and playing raags
I can sing and play notes from a raag.
Copyrighted materials: to view and download resources from this lesson, you’ll need to be in the UK and
Lesson details
Key learning points
- In Hindustani classical music, a raag is the melodic part of the music.
- When playing Hindustani classical music, you can only play the notes that belong to the raag you are playing in.
- Raag Bhupali has 5 notes. Different raags have different numbers and combinations of notes.
- In a raag, aaroh is the name of the ascending scale and avaro is the name of the descending scale.
Keywords
Sitar - a stringed instrument from India on which the raag is commonly played
Raag - musical notes used to make a composition (from Sanskrit language meaning ‘to colour’)
Saptak - the seven notes in Indian classical music - Sa, Re, Ga, ma, Pa, Dha, Ni
Common misconception
There are only one set of names we use for notes in a scale
We can use pitch names of C, D, E, F, G, A, B. We can use the solfège of do, re, mi, fa, so la, ti, and in Hindustani classical we use the sargam of sa, re, ga, ma, pa, dha ni. These are not fixed - meaning 'do' or 'Sa' don't have to be 'C'.
Equipment
Glockenspiels - 1 between 2 as a guide.
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