Pt Ravi Shankar Explanations on Raag

Buddhaditya says:

Pandit Ravi Shankar is explaining about classical Raga, I have a special connection with the great Sitar Maestro Pandit Ravishankar, I am the disciple of Pandit Samaresh Chowdhury and Pandit Samaresh Chowdhury is one of the oldest disciple of Pandit Ravishankar since 1980, it means Pandit Ravi Shankar Ji is my Param Guru Ji, I am feeling nostalgic after listening this audio .

What is Classical Raga? 

Classical Raga is not a scale or it is not a particular mood, classical Raga is the human version of the divine music, Indian classical music is based on 12 notes, 7 should Swara and 5 vikrit Swara, total 12 notes, using this notation system we have 72 melakarta, letter on Pandit Vishnu Narayan bhatkhande Ji has established particular 10 basic skeletons who represents the Indian classical music or Hindustani Shastriya Sangeet, classical Ragas are the child of these 10 particular skeletons, one classical Raga includes some particular notes of those 12 notations, but the notations of every Raga is different, it means by rotating the 12 notations all the Raga has been created, it's a great mathematics of those 12 notations, I believe classical is the divine mathematics, all the classical Raga has particular notations, but those particular notes should be used with some particular combinations process, this is the basic knowledge of classical Raga, but classical Raga is the dead child but when a musician performs the classical Raga using all the grammatical method of particular combination process and particular notations, then that classical Raga becomes a human being with the help of different alankarams all the ornaments of classical music, I hope you all will enjoy this information, with sincere regards 

- a simple maid servant of Indian classical music.