Calenders and Clocks :The time rules of our music
Time plays a big role in our classical music . So ,just as there are many rules on how a raga should be performed ,so there are rules on where we should enjoy them. The founding fathers of our music recognised that both we and the world around us are different at different times .So they defined our music to fit with this fact.
Thus a Raga can also be linked to a season rather than a mood. For example here are a few seasons and Ragas associated with them.
Month Raga
March –April Hindol
May-June Deepak
July- August Megh
September-October Bhairav
November- December Shree
January- February Malkhauns
When a Raga is in season,it can be sung or played at any time in the day-But only during thats perticular season! Tradition says this helps us to appreciate that season more , and also prevents the Raga from becoming stale from constant playing.
In fact ,Ragas are defined not just by time of years ,but also the time of the day.The whole day and night is defined into a number of time slots . Each of these times slots has one or more Ragas assigned to it. These are linked to what we as a humans might be doing at that time. So the mood and feel of an early morning Raga would be vastly different from one to be played of sung very late at night.
On the other hand there are also many ragas which have no fixed time slot or season ,and can be played at any time. Like so many other things Indian, our music too is a unique mixture or rules and flexibility – the defining principle of our great culture .
Nisheeth Ranjan
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