Ni•Sare3 notes per beat → 6,561 possible 8-beat patterns. You will never run out — the challenge is finding the musical ones.
Level 1 · Four-beat cells
The Sigh
re
Sa
×
Sa
1
Sa
2
re
3
Sa
4
Touch the upper note, fall home. re sits a bare semitone from Sa — the strongest pull there is; every resolution down lands like a sigh.
Level 1 · Four-beat cells
Rising Landing
Sa
Nị
×
Ni•
1
Ni•
2
Sa
3
Sa
4
Approach from below, twice, then settle. Nị sits a bare semitone from Sa — the strongest pull there is; every resolution up lands like a sigh.
Level 1 · Four-beat cells
Doubled Pulse
re
Sa
×
re
1
re
2
Sa
3
Sa
4
Doubled notes are the jhala engine — tension held twice as long. re sits a bare semitone from Sa — the strongest pull there is; every resolution down lands like a sigh.
Level 1 · Four-beat cells
The Orbit
re
Sa
Nị
×
Sa
1
Ni•
2
Sa
3
re
4
Circle the anchor from below then above; ending off-anchor leaves the loop breathing — a question every repeat.
Level 1 · Four-beat cells
Falling Through
re
Sa
Nị
×
re
1
Sa
2
Ni•
3
Sa
4
A full descent through home: over, on, under, on. Gravity is the raga's natural direction.
Daily invention rule: discover one new combination per day and write it down. Loop each cell for 2–3 minutes at a steady tempo before moving on — no speed until the intonation of every note is dead-accurate.