Karnataka Shuddha Saveri is a

rāga A ''raga'' or ''raag'' (; also ''raaga'' or ''ragam''; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode. The ''rāga'' is a unique and central feature of the classical Indian music tradition, and as ...

m in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is an ''audava'' rāgam (or ''owdava'' rāgam, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a '' janya'' rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven '' swaras'' (musical notes). This scale is known as ''Shuddha Sāveri'' in the Muthuswami Dikshitar school of music.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras This scale is quite different from the popular Shuddha Saveri pentatonic scale.

Structure and Lakshana

''Karnataka Shuddha Saveri'' is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain ''gandharam'' or ''nishādam''. It is a symmetric pentatonic scale (''audava-audava'' ragam in Carnatic music classification - ''audava'' meaning 'of 5'). Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): * : * : The notes used in this scale are ''shadjam, shuddha rishabham, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam'' and ''shuddha dhaivatham''. It is considered a ''janya'' rāgam of '' Kanakangi'', the 1st ''

Melakarta Mēḷakartā is a collection of fundamental musical scales ( ragas) in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music). ''Mēḷakartā'' ragas are parent ragas (hence known as ''janaka'' ragas) from which other ragas may be generated. A ''melak ...

'' rāgam, though it can be derived from 8 other melakarta rāgams, by dropping both ''gandharam'' and ''nishādam''.

Popular compositions

This rāgam lends itself for creative elaboration and creative exploration due to the use of shuddha notes. *''Ekamresha Nayike'' composed by Muthuswami Dikshitar

Film Songs: Tamil

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

''Graha bhedam''

''Karnataka Shuddha Saveri's'' notes when shifted using ''

Graha bhedam ''Graha Bhedam'' in Carnatic music is the process (or result of the process) of shifting the Tonic note (''śruti'') to another note in the rāgam and arriving at a different rāgam. Its equivalent in Hindustani classical music is called a ''mur ...

'', yields 1 popular pentatonic rāgam, Amritavarshini. ''Graha bhedam'' is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the ''shadjam'' to the next note in the rāgam. For more details and illustration of this concept refer '' Graha bhedam on Amritavarshini''.

Scale similarities

* Saveri is a rāgam which has the ascending scale of ''Karnataka Shuddha Saveri'' and descending scale of '' Mayamalavagowla''. Its ' structure is S R1 M1 P D1 S : S N3 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S *

Gunakri Gunakri is a raga in Hindustani classical music. Some consider it to be the same as the raga, Gunkali, while others consider the two to be distinct ragas. Gunakri is usually used in the khyal and dhrupad Dhrupad is a genre in Hindustani classi ...

is a raga from the Hindustani tradition with identical intervals which is sometimes classified in the same group. * Malahari

Notes

References

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