Mode-enhanced hindustani music
OwnerPrabhakar Prahlad Jamkhedkar, Prashant Prabhakar Jamkhedkarinventors
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Abstract
Hindustani music is found to have an additional 22 thatas that can be scientifically and accurately computed. Together with the 10 thatas already identified, these newly identified and compiled thatas make a total 32 thatas. In a further aspect, a raag or melody is constructed by a combination of ascending and descending notes by selecting a thata, and computing a combination including at least 5 ascending or descending notes for the thata. Using this method, new raagas can be created using not only the existing 22 thatas, but also from the 22 newly discovered thatas. Further, new musical instruments can be constructed by applying the newly identified thatas. Students of music may be taught new tunes based on the 32 thatas.
Claims5
A method of defining new thatas for Hindustani music, the method comprising the steps of:
- selecting 7 notes out of a possible 12 notes;
- selecting only one form of a variable swara from each of {Re, Ga, Ma, Dha, Ni};
- and
- fixing the notes Sa and Pa.
A method of creating a new raag in Hindustani music, said method comprising the steps of:
- defining at least one new thata, said thata including 7 notes;
- for the selected thata, deriving at least one set of notes in an ascending order (aaroha notes) and at least one set of notes in a descending order (avaroha notes), each said set of aaroha notes and avaroha notes comprising at least 5 notes;
- selecting a primary note and a secondary note;
- and
- creating a raag using variants of the selected thata.
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