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Tips For Raafa Identification TIPS FOR RAAGA IDENTIFICATION

Raga can be defined as a combination of few musical notes and is the most fundamental   concept in Carnatic music. All compositions and artiste's improvisations that we hear in concert platforms are all raga based. It is always a thrill for a true carnatic rasika to be able to identify and appreciate the ragas being rendered in any concert.

1. Try to listen to a song at very low volume, so you can only hear the melody, not the words clearly. You may also move away from the speakers so you may be able to focus only on the tune. 2. Even when you hum in your mind, try to hum just the tune, not sing the words. 3. Remember one classical bandish of every raaga – then compare the song to that composition. 4. 4. Try to change the rhythm (laya) of the song, faster or slower paces may also not allow clear comparison of any two somgs. 5. Hum the entire aaroah & avroah, not just first few words of the song. 6. When listening to a song, find the raaga and try to remember it. The next time you hear similar song, you will think it is similar – you may be wrong the first several times but when you've listened to LOTS of songs, a few will automatically creep into your memory. 7. The ideal way is to know the swaras and phrases of the raaga, know the notations of the song, play it on an instrument or in your mind, & recognize! Listen to songs and the drone notes (S,P,S) in background carefully to tell what notes are being performed. When you learn the swaras of a raga you can say this raga has shuddha rishabh, small ma, etc. Then when you hear ANY song, you can figure out which of the 12 swaras the song in the ascending scale, and which ones in the descending scale.

8. Try to see what FEELING the raaga evokes. Many raagas sound similar, have same swaras, and yet they're different because of the MOOD, TEMPO, LYRICS they're set to, or the FEELINGS they evoke, among other things. These raagas are difficult for beginners to identify without lots of practice, but most of the common ones are quite identifiable with a bit of practice.

Problems in using film song route to identify ragas:

1. Instrument interludes in between stanzas, often do not follow main raaga of the song. 2. Differences between closely similar ragas e.g. Gara and Pilu or Marwa and Puryadhanasri may not be highlighted in film songs. In the short span of 2-5 minutes, it might not be possible to bring out the uniqueness of a particular raga. 3. Music directors are not obliged to stick to just one raga, they mix 2 or 3 and confuse lay listeners like us further! Several songs are listed under multiple raagas! Or they may interfere the pure structure of the raaga.

 Source : https://harmonium-learning-centre.blogspot.com/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bilad0032 (talk • contribs) 17:28, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]