We can talk about chords in terms of Indian notation, especially when talking about chords for ragas. Talk about major seventh note as the big Ni or the N3, and the major seventh chord spelling as S, big Ga, Pa and N3. Using big Ga and N3 together, as above, is a mixture of notation, Read the full article…

Click on the play button (top left) to listen to the phrase. Raaga Hamsadhwani Phrase Example |G , , , G , , R | SRG , , , , R| NRNR G , , R| NRNP Each alphabet and comma is of a sixteenth note duration. Let us find out the chords for D Read the full article…

Jazz and melodic minor All the chords we will look at in this article are taken from the melodic minor harmony. Modern jazz uses melodic minor and its chords a lot. This article introduces you to three melodic minor chords used frequently in jazz by masters. Working with these chord symbols, finding the notes and Read the full article…

Raaga Sivaranjini C Sivaranjini has the following notes : C D Eb G A C (wiki entry) Writing the scale as intervals we get : Root – major 2nd – minor 3rd – fifth – major 6th – root Minor 6th chord Spelling of a minor 6th chord : root – minor 3rd – fifth Read the full article…