Puriya is a major

hexatonic In music and music theory, a hexatonic scale is a scale with six pitches or notes per octave. Famous examples include the whole-tone scale, C D E F G A C; the augmented scale, C D E G A B C; the Prometheus scale, C D E F A B C; and the blues sc ...

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Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, si ...

. Note emphasis: Ni, Ga, (Ma is an important pivot note.)

Pakad or Chalan

Ni Ni Ni Ma, Ni Dha Ni re Sa Ma, (Ni) D (Sa) Ni (re) Sa () = grace note Ni re Ga Ni re Ga, Ga re Sa Ni re Ma Ma Ga Ma Dha Ni, Ma Dha, Ga Ma G

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