Indian Classical Music - Ragas - Music Therapy - Voice Production

                                                Healing through Music Music is the pleasure the human soul experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.                        - Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz, Inventor of Calculus “I saw my own body on the ground. I said to myself, ‘Oh shit, I’m dead.’ …Then—slam! I was back.” recalls Dr. Tony Cicoria who remembered the whole incident minutely. Dr. Cicoria, a well-regarded orthopedic surgeon and a former football Player, this robust fellow, actually embraced death and returned back to life, after having been struck by lightning while talking on the phone. He developed several neurological syndromes as explained in Musicophilia by Dr. Oliver sacks. A couple of weeks later, memory problem persisted, but life has returned to normal when suddenly over two or three days, there was this insatiable desire to listen to piano music. This was completely out of keeping with anything in his past. He started

Comparison between Western and Indian Note-system Roman names of notes solfi names Indian Names Intervals I DO SA Unison I # /II b di re ( komal or Flat ) minor IInd (m2) II RE RE Major IInd (M2) II # / III b ri ga minor IIIrd III MI GA Major IIIrd IV FA MA Perfect IVth IV # / Vb fi ma ( teevra or sharp ) Augmented / diminished IV th V SO PA Perfect Vth V # / VI b si dha minor VI th VI LA DHA Major VI th VI # / VII b li ni minor VII th VII TI NI Major VII th I DO SAA (higher) Octave Comparison of Rhythm and beat Concept Quarter Notes - Thah Laya Half Notes - Dugun Dotted Half - Tigun Whole Notes - Chaugun Eight notes - Athgun