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Rob Ewing's avatar

I don’t know much about the theory of Indian raga, but years ago I heard a piece in an Indian restaurant where the melody emphasized the minor 3rd for a while before shifting to the major 3rd and I thought that was a cool effect - like moving from darkness to light.

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Ethan Hein's avatar

A student recommended this Bollywood tune to me, it uses that same idea, I don't know much about this music but it sounds fantastic. It happens for the first time at 1:24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtP4dJi0M-s

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