Matthew's Reviews > Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music

I'm not sure this book gives a simple answer for what a raga is, largely because I don't think there is a simple answer; instead, the book expands on different aspects of the raga, giving a really holistic sense of it. I found the frame around the author's personal development as a musician to be interesting and helpful as well.
I wouldn't say any musical knowledge is necessary to understand the book, but it would be good to go into the book having a rough sense of theory (what is a beat; what is a scale).