MetaGlossary.com: Vakra

Keywords: Crooked, Zig, Zag, Raga, Ascending

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Zigzag, indirect, or crooked

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Irregular increase or decrease in pitch of the scale of the Raga

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a raaga in which the order of one or more of the 7 swaras is out of place (not in regular ascending or descending order by its frequency). The swara that is out of place is called a vakra swara. For example, in SGRGMPDPS, ga and da are vakra

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convoluted, crooked

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Crooked; vakra raga: a derived scale that has a zig-zag ascending or descending or both

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Crooked or zig-zag, referring to the non scalar melodic movement.

http://cybersangeet.com/cybersangeet_glossary.htm

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