Two of the key ideas of Hindustani classical music (raga and tala) are found in the finale of Ravi Shankar’s Symphony. The sitar and orchestra play melodies based on a raga (a pattern or ...

Raga Yaman is frequently performed in the evening, a time customarily linked ... Legends like Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Vilayat Khan, and Lata Mangeshkar have immortalized this raga through ...

2. Play the raga and a drone Play the scale and a drone at the same time. A drone is one note held throughout the piece. Ravi Shankar uses the note D as a drone. Choose two or three notes from the ...

In his Symphony Ravi Shankar explores this passion using the traditional instruments of a large Western orchestra. The sitar and orchestra play melodies based on a raga (a pattern or selection of ...