Dr. Vibha Chaurasia

Creation of New Raga: Concept of Raga, Its Development, Innovation and Experimentation Dr. Vibha Chaurasia

Raga is a multidimensional, multifaceted and unique concept of Indian music. This research is a very honest attempt to unveil all the hues and colors of a raga. Moreover, this work is a profound study of creativity of the artists and methods of experimentation. It has certain elements, certain combinations which have been the newly created pearls in the ocean of music. In this work almost 600 ragas have been reviewed and new ragas have been analyzed. Thus, it gives the base to create new compositions and to do many other experiments with ragas. This base is a strong concrete base as this book assimilates in itself the creation of almost all the well established maestros of North Indian classical music. This book is melodious, informative and entertaining to people from all walks of life. It can give immense joy to a maestro to know about new ragas, for a common folk it is a simple book by which one can very easily understand the deep concept of Indian ragas, for a learner of music and an intellectual it is a comprehensive, melodious and flowery encyclopedia of modern ragas. One can pick up the flower one likes, can select, arrange, blend and re-organize combinations for one?s need.