How to identify ragas in carnatic music?

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How to identify ragas in carnatic music? How to identify ragas in carnatic music?

Topic started by CarnaticNewbie (@ emea-nc01.oracle.co.uk) on Sun Jan 9 04:29:36 EST 2005.
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Hi
I do not have any training in classical music.I listen to lot of carnatic songs though.So,i have been able to identify ragas if it is same as the songs i've heard.but,when I hear an RTP in carnatic music,i'm not able to identify the raga.Is there any technique for identifying ragas in carnatic music.

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From: Lakshman (@ kit-ppp-64.187.32.188.porchlight.ca) on: Sun Jan 9 08:55:35 EST 2005

There is no easy way. If you keep listening to more and more alapanas you will learn to recognize the RTP ragas.
From: Vignesh (@ emea-nc01.oracle.co.uk) on: Sun Jan 9 09:10:48 EST 2005

Lakshman
Thanks.Do the people who have learnt music in the formal way identify ragas by the arohanam and avarohanam when someone sings the alapana?
From: Sridharan (@ syd-pow-pr9.tpgi.com.au) on: Wed Jan 12 20:25:31 EST 2005

People who do not know arohanam, avarohanam of a given raga can still identify a raga.

Observation of arohanam & avarohanam to identify a ragam might be sometime useful to distiguish two ragas are more-or-less similar to each other

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