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Ragya – Indian classical music played by time of the day

by kadal on 11/26/20, 6:25 PM with 92 comments

  • by fermienrico on 11/26/20, 7:50 PM

    Here is my basic understanding of Indian music: The northern and southern parts have their own styles but with overlaps. What's amazing is that Indian classical music has no key. There is no absolute sense of middle C or whatever. It is relative to the tuning of the drone. I don't have a strong background in music, but this seems to get rid of the complexity of the notation system in the west with a much more fluid aspects - pick a note and make it the root. Off you go. That's the key you're in.

    Furthermore, I find the construction of these musical scales (correct me if I am wrong but there is no analog in western classical music of what a raga is) very interesting. Going up in the scale is different than going down and there are some key phrases that identify a raga. Then its all about interpretation.

    Is there any specific tabla percussion associated with a Raga?

    Some of my favorites:

    - Raga Bhimapalasi: Beautiful lazy afternoon raga.

    - Raga Tilak Kamod: I would describe this raga as a playful and less serious, very romantic.

    - Raga Bhairav: Intense and great for early mornings. For reflective, pensive moods.

    - Raga Desh: Festive feel to it.

    I personally like vocal renditions of ragas. Spotify has a large selection.

  • by biz_booster on 11/27/20, 9:33 AM

    Some SERIOUS questions as this app looks like it is a commercial app created to earn money by playing tracks of the legendary musicians WITHOUT TAKING THEIR PERMISSION violating the legal, moral and ethical values.

    1. Idea for this app is stolen from 8 prahar concert

    2. Why we have to pay money when the SAME classical music is available freely on YouTube and other platforms? Just bcuz is playing under the app.

    3. Is legal permission taken from the musicians or their heirs to play their tracks as many musicians are no more.

    4. Are they honestly giving any money back to musicians by playing tracks as a profit share. Pls make the info abt "no. of paid users and % money paid to musicians" public.

    5. India being a country of 1300 million people, only 5000+ has downloaded the app means Indians have totally rejected this app.

    6. Why non of musicians is promoting this app? something is drastically wrong with this app.

    7. Due to corona, music industry & musicians all over the world are promoting their music thr their own channels hence apps like this are not required.

  • by hbharadwaj on 11/26/20, 7:22 PM

    Thank you! I was literally looking for an Indian music alternative to Generative.fm. May not have been the use case you are trying to target, but it is the use case for me :)

    Big shout out to Generative.fm as well!

  • by scoot on 11/26/20, 11:57 PM

    What does "classical" mean in this context? My benchmark for the term "classical" is traditional European classical music, and so I'm having a hard time understanding where this fits in the Indian musical spectrum, either stylistically or temporally.

  • by marsantwo on 11/27/20, 6:23 AM

    Here is an interesting talk on Carnatic music, which is the south indian classical tradition. https://youtu.be/u9CGcusOz60

    And because this is Hacker News, there has to be a LISP in the mix.

  • by tudorw on 11/26/20, 7:45 PM

    If you like that you might like this film on the Dhrupad genre;

    https://youtu.be/Lye2FSx0F4c

  • by the_arun on 11/26/20, 11:48 PM

    Try searching for KappaTV Music Mojo in youtube if you like Carnatic. Also artist Mahesh Raghavan has good collection of fusion.

  • by kadal on 11/27/20, 5:11 AM

    To clarify, I had nothing to do with the making of this service. Discovered it last night, loved it, and decided to share.

  • by GordonS on 11/26/20, 10:55 PM

    Years ago I used to like Talvin Singh and Nitin Sawhney, and this reminded me of that. Lovely sounds, and I'll be listening to this tonight!

    Slight tangent, but anyone got suggestions for Asian electronica (tabla/raga inspired)?

  • by atulatul on 11/27/20, 8:08 AM

    The best writings on the topic of Indian classical music, IMO:

    https://www.parrikar.org/vault/

  • by vram22 on 11/26/20, 11:46 PM

    Only connection is raga, but since a lot of us here are devs or other computer workers, sharing this, which a few others have told me they liked, for the same reason as me - it is good music to work by:

    Music video: Sitar - Vilayat khan - Rarely Heard Ragas

    https://jugad2.blogspot.com/2013/10/music-video-sitar-vilaya...

  • by throwawayamzn1 on 11/26/20, 10:14 PM

    Beautiful, wow thanks for creating and bringing attention to Indian classical music. I like all sorts.. Coke studio and dream journey has done some good stuff to ease people into the genre. Not hard classical, more semi-classical

    https://youtu.be/BXmIpbBOSvI https://youtu.be/JlMJhDHJ3t4

  • by bravura on 11/27/20, 1:28 PM

    I am your target customer and would pay money for this. However, I don't want to install another app and would rather have this delivered through soundcloud and mixcloud, and pay for exclusive (secret) tracks through patreon or whatnot

  • by srameshc on 11/27/20, 1:56 AM

    I have been trying to find classical music and make my own playlist but this is incredible. I am learning to understand about both Hindustani and Carnatic classical and this would help me a lot in exploring more artists and songs.

  • by the_arun on 11/26/20, 11:45 PM

    Wonder, is it difficult for Spotify to create this kind of feature from their collection?

    They already have curated playlists. But with AI, they could do this any day? or am I thinking crazy?

  • by rjakobsson on 11/26/20, 9:23 PM

    Thank you, this was it.

  • by zerop on 11/27/20, 10:25 AM

    Thanks for sharing...Worked for me instantly... My infant slept with very less efforts, after I put it on my laptop...

  • by raindropm on 11/27/20, 6:40 AM

    No one mention those goats herd? Just watching them grazing made me already relax. :)

  • by blizkreeg on 11/26/20, 7:51 PM

    This is fantastic. Just downloaded.

  • by dharma1 on 11/26/20, 7:30 PM

    Love it. Thank you

  • by um304 on 11/26/20, 9:35 PM

    Love it!

  • by sean_the_geek on 11/26/20, 8:52 PM

    Thank you!

  • by njanirudh on 11/27/20, 4:47 AM

    Few band suggestions for people with rock, metal background who want to listen to carnatic music .

    Agam https://youtu.be/AiPnyxPyVVw

    Mother Jane https://youtu.be/3y2siWVi-GQ

    Prasanna guitar https://youtu.be/QA5UWHFg-SE

  • by theashbhat on 11/27/20, 6:49 AM

    hyyype

  • by rmk on 11/26/20, 8:23 PM

    Cool!

    One request: Can you not auto-play when the website loads? It's an annoying UI design thing that has spilled over from ads and news sites (looking at you, CNN).