[rah-guh] 
| one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition. |
| ra·ga (rä'gə) n. A traditional melodic type in Hindu music, consisting of a theme that expresses an aspect of religious feeling and sets forth a tonal system on which variations are improvised within a prescribed framework of typical progressions, melodic formulas, and rhythmic patterns. [Sanskrit rāgaḥ, color, musical mode.] |
