Seven Modes Interpreted With Indian Ragas/Thaats
We are pretty familiar with the seven basic modes or scales in western music theory, which are considered useful in composing music. These seven modes are: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian. For my better understanding and grasping of these modes, I have tried to perceive how they resemble some of the Indian ragas. But Before that, I would like to exhibit a chromatic an octave table in both (Indian & Western) the disciplines. Western Notes : C, C#/Db , D D#/Eb , E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Bb B C Indian Notes : S r R g G M m P dh DH ni NI S (In Indian system, all the sharps and flatted notes are represented in lower cases and natural notes are in upper cases. Therefore, there are four flattened notes i.e. komal swaras r,g,dh,ni and one sharp i.e. teevra swara m) 'W' means whole step and