Write out the pitch-letter names that make up the ascending and descending basic “parent” scale of the Natai raga used in “Sarasiruha” (include sharp signs # where appropriate). What is the “noteworthy characteristic of this raga”? (See Transcription 6.8 and accompanying discussion, Worlds of Music, p. 321.)

What will be an ideal response?

• ascent: sa = C, ri = D#, ga = E, ma = F, pa = G, da = A#, ni = B, sa = C
• descent: sa = C, ni = B, pa = G, ma = F, ri = D#, sa = C
• This Natai raga is noteworthy for its shake/oscillation/vibrato (rapid up and down pitch fluctuations) on the D# (ri) as it descends downward to the tonal center (sa).