Editing Pentatonic scale (section)

=== Indian ragas ===
{{Main|Raga}}

Indian classical music has hundreds of ragas, of which many are pentatonic. Examples include [[Abhogi|Raag Abhogi Kanada]] (C, D, E-flat, F, A),<ref name="Chaudhuri 2021 p. 52">{{cite book |last=Chaudhuri |first=A. |title=Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music |publisher=Faber & Faber |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-571-37076-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3oeEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT52 |access-date=26 May 2021 |page=52}}</ref> [[Bhoopali|Raag Bhupali]] (C, D, E, G, A),<ref name="Menon 1973 p. 50">{{cite book |last=Menon |first=R.R. |title=Discovering Indian Music |publisher=Somaiya Publications |year=1973 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AuUXAQAAIAAJ |access-date=26 May 2021 |page=50 |quote=Some prefer the first Raga to be pentatonic in scale. Let us take for an example, the pentatonic Bhoopali. Its notes are: SA RI GA PA DHA SA up and down the scale.}}</ref> [[Bairagi (raga)|Raag Bairagi]] (C, D-flat, F, G, B-flat),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chib |first1=S. K. S.|last2=Khan |first2=A. A.|title=Companion to North Indian Classical Music |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers |year=2004 |isbn=978-81-215-1090-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ag4KAQAAMAAJ |access-date=26 May 2021 |page=337}}</ref> [[Chandrakauns|Raag Chandrakauns]] (C, E-flat, F, A-flat, B),<ref>{{cite book |last=Qureshi |first=R. B.|title=Master Musicians of India: Hereditary Sarangi Players Speak |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-135-87396-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SxYfDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT385 |access-date=26 May 2021 |page=385}}</ref> [[Dhani (raga)|Raag Dhani]] (C, E-flat, F, G, B-flat),<ref name="Chaudhuri 2021 p. 52"/> [[Durga (raga)|Raag Durga]] (C, D, F, G, A),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thatte |first1=A.|last2=Sabanīsa|first2=M. P.|title=Vande Mataram, Down the Memory Lane |publisher=Jayanti Samaroha Samitee Vande Mataram |year=2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KsBjAAAAMAAJ |access-date=26 May 2021 |page=77 |quote=Named after the powerful Hindu goddess, Raga Durga is pentatonic, omitting the third and the seventh degrees, while emphasising the sixth and the second.}}</ref> [[Gunakri|Raag Gunakari]] (C, D-flat, F, G, A-flat),<ref name="The Historical Development of Indian Music: A Critical Study 1973 p. 175">{{cite book |title=The Historical Development of Indian Music: A Critical Study |publisher=Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay |year=1973 |isbn=978-0-88386-344-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kowHAQAAMAAJ |access-date=26 May 2021 |page=175}}</ref> [[Hamsadhvani|Raag Hamsadhwani]] (C, D, E, G, B),<ref>{{cite book |last=O'Brien|first=J. P.|title=Non-western Music and the Western Listener |publisher=Kendall/Hunt Publishing|year=1977 |isbn=978-0-8403-1755-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mr8ZAQAAIAAJ |access-date=26 May 2021 |page=37}}</ref> [[Hindol|Raag Hindol]] (C, E, F#, A, B),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nizami |first1=F. |last2=Arshad |first2=S. |last3=Lakhvīrā |first3=N. Ḥ.|title=ABC of Music |publisher=Punjab Council of the Arts |year=1988 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Guu5AAAAIAAJ |access-date=27 May 2021 |page=54}}</ref> [[Kalavati|Raag Kalavati]] (C, E, G, A, B-flat),<ref name="Chaudhuri 2021 p. 52" /> Raag Katyayani (C, D, E-flat, G, A-flat),<ref name="Krsna Kirtana Songs 2009">{{cite web |title=Katyayani |website=Krsna Kirtana Songs |date=13 June 2009 |url=http://kksongs.org/raga/list/katyayani.html |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref> [[Malkauns|Raag Malkauns]] (C, E-flat, F, A-flat, B-flat),<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[The Musical Quarterly]]|volume=71|number=2|year=1985|pages=157–171 (160)|author=Thom Lipiczky|title=Tihai Formulas and the Fusion of 'Composition' and 'Improvisation' in North Indian Music|quote=They are set to one of the most widely performed ragas in North India, the pentatonic midnight raga Malkauns. The most important notes of Malkauns are Sa (the tonic) and Ma (the fourth). Both the gats and the tihais "cadence" on one of ...}}</ref> Raag Megh (C, D, F, G, B-flat),<ref name="Chaudhuri 2021 p. 52" /> [[Shivaranjani|Raag Shivaranjani]] (C, D, E-flat, G, A),<ref name="Chakraborty Mazzola Tewari Patra 2014 p. 3">{{cite book |last1=Chakraborty |first1=S. |last2=Mazzola |first2=G. |last3=Tewari |first3=S. |last4=Patra |first4=M. |title=Computational Musicology in Hindustani Music |publisher=Springer International Publishing |series=Computational Music Science |year=2014 |isbn=978-3-319-11472-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0o2eBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 |access-date=27 May 2021 |page=3}}</ref> [[Sarang (family of ragas)|Raag Shuddha Sarang]] (C, D, F#, G, B),<ref name="Karnani 2005 p. 81">{{cite book |last=Karnani |first=C. |title=Form in Indian Music: A Study in Gharanas |publisher=Rawat Publications |year=2005 |isbn=978-81-7033-921-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dGIJAQAAMAAJ |access-date=27 May 2021 |page=81 |quote=Ghulam Ali showed unusual fondness for pentatonic modes like Gunkali, Malkauns, Kausi Dhani and Bhopali. Even Shudh Sarang and Megh Malhar are largely pentatonic.}}</ref> [[Tilang|Raag Tilang]] (C, E, F, G, B),<ref>{{cite book |last=Katz |first=J. |title=The Traditional Indian Theory and Practice of Music and Dance |publisher=E. J. Brill |series=Panels of the VIIth World Sanskrit Conference / World Sanskrit Conference 7, 1987, Leiden: Panels of the VIIth World Sanskrit Conference |year=1992 |isbn=978-90-04-09715-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HVjyfWPCO1wC&pg=PA19 |access-date=27 May 2021 |page=19}}</ref> [[Bibhas|Raag Vibhas]] (C, D-flat, E, G, A-flat),{{sfn|Chib|Khan|2004|page=39}} Raag Vrindavani Sarang (C, D, F, G, B), and others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swarganga.org/raagabase.php|title=Raagabase – A collection of Indian Classical Music Raags (Aka Ragas)}}</ref>

(For Tamil Music System, See here - [[Ancient Tamil music#Evolution of panns]] )