"Editorial abstract illustration evoking the emotional arc of a song titled "Raga Durga" by Ravi Shankar. Noticeable climb from quiet to loud. balanced composition. Mood: calm, tranquil. Visual style: 1970s editorial print aesthetic, sun-faded color. Painterly, grainy film texture, muted palette with strategic accent colors. The composition should read left-to-right like a timeline — calm on one side, intensifying toward the other. Strictly no faces, no text, no logos, no literal objects, no band imagery. Pure color-field abstraction with emotional weight. 16:9 editorial format."
Raga Durga
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar In Concert (1972)
Deep calm, gentler than 88% of our 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for focus.
65
BPM
Raga Durga by Ravi Shankar is 65 BPM — Adagio (slow).
Half-time 33 BPM · Double-time 130 BPM · released 1972
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Song DNA
Notes: Simple yet profound melodic lines.
Recommended for: meditation sleep
A deeply quiet, low-energy track. It holds a steady, predictable shape you can sink into. The track moves moderately between quiet and loud and never jolts you, clean in texture, with an all-instrumental build, no vocal to follow at a slow pace. Across the library, it reads gentler than 88% of everything we’ve measured.
Cultural Context
Commonly performed in devotional contexts.
Listening Prompt
Focus on the simplicity and beauty of the melody.
What to Expect
Maintains a smooth flow throughout.
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Moods: calm, tranquil
Traditions: Indian classical
Quiet Track
"Raga Durga" sits at 65 BPM. Built for stillness.
This is well below typical speech rhythm. The body reads slow tempo as permission to rest. Smooth texture and instrumental keep the foreground spare. Good candidates for use: falling asleep, processing a hard day, slow mornings, study sessions where the music must not pull at you. Avoid for any task that needs alertness — the piece works against it.
How this song sits on each sensory axis
A dynamic range of 6/10 means this song moves. Expect a real volume climb between quiet sections and the loudest part of the arrangement — enough that you may want to set the initial volume below where you'd normally land.
Sudden changes: none. Transitions are musically signaled — nothing will surprise you if you're only half-listening.
Texture: smooth.
Predictability is high — the song telegraphs what it will do next. A sensory-sensitive listener can usually guess where it's going without close attention.
Vocal style: instrumental.
Where this sits in Ravi Shankar's catalog
We have 10 songs from Ravi Shankar in the library. Of those, 3 are rated Safe, 3 Moderate, and 4 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 6/10 sits below the artist average of 7.2, making it the #8 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
Other tracks from Ravi Shankar In Concert
We have 2 songs from this album. Overall, the album leans safe in sensory profile.
- Raga Malkauns — intense DR 9
1972 context
Released in 1972. We have 269 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.0/10. This track is about average than the year average. Explore more from the 1970s.
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Traditions
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How fast is "Raga Durga"?
65 BPM — Very slow (ballad / ambient)
For running
Too slow for most running; good for warm-up walks or cool-down.
For workouts
Warm-up, cool-down, yoga, stretching.
For daily life
Sleep, meditation, reading, focus work.
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When "Raga Durga" works, and when it doesn't
Use-case verdicts computed from the song's tempo, dynamics, and sensory profile.
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Focus / studying
Maybe — fine for routine work, but the mid-song changes may pull attention during deep focus.
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Running / workout
No — 65 BPM is too slow for sustained cardio.
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Sleep / winding down
Maybe — calm overall, but tempo is a bit high for deep sleep. Better for winding down than falling asleep.
✓
Driving / road trip
Yes — predictable enough for safe driving attention, interesting enough to stay engaged.
✓
Cooking / dinner background
Yes — sits in the background without demanding attention.
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Emotional release / catharsis
Not really — it's pleasant but doesn't hit hard enough for cathartic listening.
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Why this rating
We rate this song Safe because its dynamic range stays within our low-variance band, there are no unsignaled changes, and the texture and vocal style are both in the low-fatigue range. Our methodology uses an AND rule for Safe — a song has to clear every dimension to earn the rating.
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20/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-05. Reviewed by the Music I Want editorial team against the documented methodology.
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By the numbers: how this song compares
Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.
Where it sits in 19,000 songs
This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 88% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 20/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.
What makes it unusual
What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 97% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.
Feels almost identical to
River Flows In You — Yiruma · 99%To Zanarkand — Nobuo Uematsu · 99%Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight': I. Adagio sostenuto — Lang Lang · 99%Song of the Birds — Yo-Yo Ma · 99%
Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.
What it’s good for
Sleep8/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1972 in context
The 269 songs we’ve measured from 1972 average a dynamic range of 6.0/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.
Mixes smoothly with
River Flows In You — YirumaTo Zanarkand — Nobuo UematsuSonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight': I. Adagio sostenuto — Lang Lang
Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.
The fingerprint
Intensity20
Dynamics56
Tempo14
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load0
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "Raga Durga"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "Raga Durga" by Ravi Shankar?
"Raga Durga" by Ravi Shankar has a tempo of 65 BPM (Adagio (slow)). At half-time that is 33 BPM, and at double-time 130 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "Raga Durga" by Ravi Shankar?
"Raga Durga" by Ravi Shankar rates as Low-Intensity. Dynamic range 6/10, no sudden changes, smooth texture. Our Low-Intensity rating means no single dimension triggers the higher-intensity thresholds.
How loud is "Raga Durga" — what is its dynamic range?
"Raga Durga" has a dynamic range of 6/10. Noticeable climb from quiet sections to loudest point. Set opening volume slightly lower than your preferred peak.
Does "Raga Durga" have sudden or surprising changes?
No. "Raga Durga" has no sudden unsignaled changes. Every transition is musically telegraphed.
What is "Raga Durga" best for?
In our library "Raga Durga" is recommended for: meditation, sleep. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "Raga Durga" released?
"Raga Durga" is from 1972, on the album "Ravi Shankar In Concert". It appears in our 1970s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "Raga Durga"?
We tag "Raga Durga" as calm, tranquil. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "Raga Durga"?
The vocal style is instrumental.
Is "Raga Durga" good for running?
Not really — at 65 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "Raga Durga" good for studying?
Only partially. The song's dynamic range (6/10) means there will be loud moments that break focus during deep work.
Can I use "Raga Durga" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Dynamic range is too high — quiet moments will be ambushed by louder ones.
Should I listen to "Raga Durga"?
If you want gentle, low-arousal music, "Raga Durga" is a solid pick — Low-Intensity across every sensory dimension.
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