20. FINDING THE RAGA or SCALE ON HEARING

 20.  FINDING THE RAGA or SCALE ON HEARING:

People who have a passion for music and those who practice/ listen would generally identity subtle differences in the mood of the song caused by the notes, which is much admiring. Listening to music without actually learning the details will be an added advantage. Good training or thorough listening of various compositions and hints from people trained in music can help a person to start identifying the raga or a scale.

Musical instruments do not utter words, so the listener can concentrate and grasp the raga or scale very accurately after repeated listening/playing to the notes of the tune.

Every Raga or scale is based on a set of key ingredients called Swaras (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Da Ni) or Notes (C D E F G A B). This set of Swaras, has the "Aarohanam” (ascending notes) and "Avarohanam" (descending notes). If you can relate the notes of the song to the notes of the Raaga or Scale, the Raaga or Scale can be found by playing the notes in the musical instrument or checking with the list of Raga or Scales with the help of identified notes. It takes time, effort, experience (Listening or Playing), and in-depth knowledge of the Raaga or Scale. You may be able to identify similar songs based on the same Raaga and compare the arrangements of Notes.

It will be easier to identify raga or scale that was already learnt through practicing or hearing a lot of compostions in a particular raga or scale.