Melakartha

Okay kiddo! So, imagine you have a box full of crayons - you have so many colors to choose from! But how do you decide which colors to use to make a beautiful drawing? That's where something called melakartha comes in!

Melakartha is like a big list of all the different musical scales that exist in Indian classical music. Just like how you have different colors to choose from when you're drawing, Indian classical musicians have different musical scales to choose from when they're making music.

There are 72 melakartha scales in total, and each one is made up of seven different notes. These notes are like the different colors in your crayon box.

But wait, there's more! Each melakartha scale is also named after a number, which goes from 1 to 72. This number tells you something special about the scale - it's like a secret code that helps musicians know which notes to use and in what order.

So, just like how you can use different combinations of colors to make a beautiful drawing, musicians can use different melakartha scales to make beautiful music! And just like how you can explore new colors in your crayon box, musicians can explore new melakartha scales to create unique and exciting music. Cool, huh?