raga

ra·ga

R0021150 (rä′gə)n. A traditional melodic type in Hindu music, consisting of a theme that expresses an aspect of religious feeling and sets forth a tonal system on which variations are improvised within a prescribed framework of typical progressions, melodic formulas, and rhythmic patterns.

[Sanskrit rāgaḥ, color, musical mode.]

raga

(ˈrɑːɡə) (in Indian music) n1. (Music, other) any of several conventional patterns of melody and rhythm that form the basis for freely interpreted compositions. Each pattern is associated with different aspects of religious devotion2. (Music, other) a composition based on one of these patterns[C18: from Sanskrit rāga tone, colour]

ra•ga

(ˈrɑ gə)

n., pl. -gas. one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition. [1780–90; < Skt rāga color, tone]

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