Indian music:--  Music notes   - Raga  ,  also spelled rag or ragam , in the classical music of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.    It is a melodic framework for improvisation and composition.     A raga is based on a scale with a given set of notes, a typical order in which they appear in melodies, and characteristic musical motifs. The basic components of a raga can be written down in the form of a scale. By using only these notes, by emphasizing certain degrees of the scale, and by going from note to note in ways characteristic to the raga, the performer sets out to create a mood or atmosphere. There are several hundred ragas in present use, and thousands are possible in theory.    • Characteristics of Ragas   The Raga is the most important concept that any student of Indian music should understand.   A rag may be thought of as an acoustic method of colouring the mind of th...
 
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