Octave and 12 notes

Music is the soul of life. Without music life doesn't exists. People either have interest in singing, playing some instrument and enjoying music and others just listen to the it , but no one can live with out it.


Hindustani classical music is one of the india’s oldest forms of music that contains the different Ragas . Raga is a peculiar set of notes played in a format, that gives a specific flavor to that music. Each Raga has its own specific set of tones. Each raga has its own mood , own time and own specific style of generating music.

In Music, we have octaves. In one octave, there are seven notes.
In Hindustani Music they range from SA RE GA MA PA DHA NI
And in Western Music they range from C,D,E,F,G,A,B
But there are other variations in these, that actually make up 12 notes in one octave.
In Hindustani Music we call them as Sudha swar, Komal Swar, and Tvr Swar
In Western Music we call them as Flat tunes and sharp tunes.
So considering all this in an octave we have total 12 notes.

SA Shudh
RE, Komal
RE Shudh
GA, Komal
GA Shudh
MA Shudh
MA^ Tvr
PA Shud
DHA, Komal
DHA Shudh
NI, Komal
NI Shudh