Keeravani (pronounced ) 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 Carnatic music, known as or in the Dravidian languages, South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, an ...

(musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 21st ''

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 in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. The 21st ''

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 as per

Muthuswami Dikshitar Muthuswami Dikshitar (Mudduswamy Dikshitar)(, 24 March 1776 – 21 October 1835), mononymously Dikshitar, was a South Indian poet, singer and veena player, and a legendary composer of Indian classical music, who is considered one of the musical ...

school of music is . This rāgam is a popular scale in western music as well. The Western equivalent is the

Harmonic minor scale In music theory, the minor scale is three scale patterns – the natural minor scale (or Aeolian mode), the harmonic minor scale, and the melodic minor scale (ascending or descending) – rather than just two as with the major scale, which als ...

.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras It is said to be borrowed into

Hindustani music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...

from Carnatic music.

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 3rd rāgam in the 4th ''chakra Veda''. The mnemonic name is ''Veda-Go''. The mnemonic phrase is ''sa ri gi ma pa dha nu''. 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 ''chathusruthi rishabha, sadharana gandhara, suddha madhyama, panchama, suddha dhaivatha, kakali nishadha''. As it is a ''melakarta'' rāgam, by definition it is a ''sampoorna'' rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the ''shuddha madhyamam'' equivalent of ''

Simhendramadhyamam Simhendramadhyamam is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 57th ''melakarta'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Sumadyuti in Muthuswami Dikshitar schoo ...

'', which is the 57th ''melakarta''.

Janya Rāgams

''Keeravani'' has many ''

janya ''Janya'' is a term meaning "derive". In Carnatic (South Indian) music a ''janya raga'' is one derived from one of the 72 ''melakarta'' ragas (fundamental melodic structures). ''Janya'' ragas are classified into various types based on a varie ...

'' rāgams (derived scales) associated with it. '' Kalyāna vasantam'' is a popular ''janya'' of ''Keeravani''. See List of ''janya'' rāgams for full list of rāgams associated with ''Keeravani''. Other popular ''janya'' ragams include ''Sāmapriya'' and ''Vasantamanohari''.

Compositions

Many composers have composed songs in ''Keeravani''. A few of them are listed here. *''Panca Bhoota Kiranavalim'' by Muthuswamy Dikshithar (Sanskrit) *''Kaligiyunte'' by

Thyagaraja Thyagaraja (Telugu: త్యాగరాజ) (4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847), also known as Thyāgayya and in full as Kakarla Thyagabrahmam, was a composer and vocalist of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music. Tyagaraja and his ...

(Telugu) *''Ambavani nannu'' by Muthiah Bhagavatar (Telugu) *''Balasarasa Murali'' by

Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi Oothukkaadu Venkata Kavi (-1765) or Oottukkaadu Venkata Subbaiar was one of the pioneering composers in Indian classical Carnatic music. He lived in South India in the present-day state of Tamil Nadu. Also known by the name Oothukkaadu Venkatas ...

(Tamil) *''Bhavaye Saarasanabham'' by Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (Sanskrit) *''Varamulosagi '' by Patnam Subramania Iyer (Telugu) *''Devi neeye thunai'' by

Papanasam Sivan Paapanaasam Raamayya Sivan (26 September 1890 – 1 October 1973) was an Indian composer of Carnatic music and a singer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1971. He was also a film score composer in Kannada cinema ...

(Tamil) *''nA puNyamu gAdA IshA'' by Muthiah Bhagavatar (Telugu) *''nijamuga rAma nI pAdamula nitya nammina nnau brOvumu'' by

Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar (1860 - 1919), whose real name was Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar, was a singer and composer of Carnatic music. He was born in Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu on August 16, 1860. He studied music under Patnam Subramania Iy ...

(Telugu) *''varamulosagi brOcuTa nI karudA jagadAdhara'' by Patnam Subramania Iyer (Telugu) *''Innamum Sandeha Padalamo'' by

Gopalakrishna Bharathi Gopalakrishna Bharathi ( ta, கோபாலகிருஷ்ண பாரதி) (1810–1896) was a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music. He composed the K''athakalakshepam'' ( ta, கதாகாலக்ஷேபம் ) Nandanar Chari ...

(Tamil) *''Vinayagane vinaitheerpavane'' by Ulundhoorpettai Shanmugam (Tamil) *''nI caraNAmbujamunu neranammiti nIrajAkSi'' by G. N. Balasubramaniam (Telugu) *''Karunakarane Shivashankarane'' by

(Tamil) *''Mahadeshwara Ashtadashanama'' by Mahesh Mahadev (

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

) *''Sri Dakshinamurthym'' by

M. Balamuralikrishna Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in ...

*''Bhavaye Saadaram'' by Thulaseevanam *''Vaananai mathi soodiya'' by

Appar Appar, also referred to as ( ta, திருநாவுக்கரசர்) or Navukkarasar, was a seventh-century Tamil Śaiva poet-saint. Born in a peasant Śaiva family, raised as an orphan by his sister, he lived about 80 years and is ...

hh (Tamil) * unnai nambinen aiya by muthuthandavar

Tamil Film Songs

Janya Ragam:Rishipriya

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam. ''Keeravani's'' notes when shifted using '' Graha bhedam'', yields 3 other major ''melakarta'' rāgams, namely, '' Hemavati'', ''

Vakulabharanam Vakulabharanam (pronounced ) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 14th '' melakarta'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Dhātivasantabhairavi''Ragas in ...

'' and ''

Kosalam Kosalam (pronounced kōsalam) is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 71st '' Melakarta'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music and is the ''prati madhyamam'' equivalent ...

''. For further details and an illustration refer '' Graha bhedam on Keeravani''.

Notes

References

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