Ragas: Indian Classical Music

Starting from a parent raga

This intermediate course builds from Kalyana, which the description identifies as one of the ten parent ragas in Hindustani classical music. Learning it first gives you the scale that many related ragas grow from, including Yaman, Bhopali and Kedar.

What the course covers

• The idea of a basic or parent raga, and how a thaat shapes the ragas that come from it.
• Derived ragas taught one at a time, including Yaman, Hansdhwani, Nand, Kedar and Bhopali.
• Aalap, bandish and taans for each raga.

Practice expectations

The course is expected to take about a month, and the description stresses repetition after the lessons end to develop intonation. An app with tanpura and tabla is needed, and Yaman's tunes are presented as a useful entry point because they appear in popular Bollywood songs.