| Raaga’ the unique feature of Indian music and its appeal to emotion has captured the minds and hearts of art pilgrims all over the world. However, the fundamental concepts of consonance and dissonance, which are employed to build a raaga, are the same which are universally applicable to all the music systems of the world. The raaga system is the most unique and glorious feature of Indian music. It may not be hyperbolic to say that is makes the very backbone of our musical system as no form of our music, whether classical or light, can have their existence without it. |