Mohanakalyani 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 ...

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(musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a ''

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'' rāgam (derived scale) from the 65th ''

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Mechakalyani Kalyani is a melakarta raga (parent musical scale) in the Carnatic music. It was called Kalyan but is now more popularly called Yaman (raga), Yaman in Hindustani Music. Its Western equivalent is the Lydian mode. Kalyani in Carnatic music In S ...

. It is a ''janya'' scale, as it does not have all the seven ''

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s'' (musical notes) in the ascending scale. It is a combination of the pentatonic scale ''

Mohanam Mohanam is a rāga in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is an ''audava'' rāga (or ''owdava'' rāga, meaning pentatonic scale). It is usually described as a ''janya'' rāga of Harikamboji (28th Melakartha Raga). ...

'' and the Melakarta raga scale '' Kalyani''.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications This ragam can be considered as a Prati Madhyamam equivalent of Bilahari, the janya of 29th Melakartha Dheerashankarabharanam. The equivalent of ''Mohanakalyani'' in

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is ''Bhoop Kalyan'' or ''Shuddha Kalyan''.''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras ''Bhoop Kalyan'' belongs to the ''Kalyan'' thaat of Hindustani music. Similar to ''Mohanakalyani'', ''Bhoop Kalyan'' is a combination of '' Bhoop'' and ''

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Swati Tirunal ( ml, സ്വാതി തിരുനാള്‍ രാമവർമ്മ) (16 April 1813 – 26 December 1846) was the Maharaja of the Kingdom of Travancore. He is also considered as a brilliant music composer and is credited with over 40 ...

Maharaja.

Structure and Lakshana

''Mohanakalyani'' is an asymmetric rāgam that does not contain ''madhyamam'' or ''nishādham'' in the ascending scale. It is an ''audava-sampurna'' rāgam (or ''owdava'' rāgam, meaning pentatonic ascending scale). Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows: * : * : The notes used in this scale are ''shadjam, chathusruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, panchamam'' and ''chathusruthi dhaivatham'' in ascending scale, with ''kakali nishadham'' and ''prati madhyamam'' included in descending scale. For the details of the notations and terms, see ''swaras'' in Carnatic music.

Popular compositions

A few compositions have been set to ''Mohanakalyani'' rāgam. Here are some popular ''

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'' composed in ''Mohanakalyani''. *''Sangeetha Samrajya Sancharini'' By Bengaluru Ramamurthy Rao *''Seve Srikantham'' by

*''Siddhi vinayakam seveham'' by

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*''Bhuvaneshwariya'' by Muthaiya Bhagavathar *''Sri Dharma Shastharam'' by Thulaseevanam R. Ramachandran Nair *''Thaka thajanu theemtha'', a

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*''Aadinaye Kanna'' by

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sung by Smt.

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*''Tamaddam Taggadaiyya'' by Lalgudi Gopala Iyer *''Hariya Bhajane mado'', ''Baro Murari'' by

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Related rāgams

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

Scale similarities

*''Mohanam'' has a symmetric pentatonic scale, with the notes same as the ascending scale of ''Mohanakalyani''. Its ' structure is S R2 G3 P D2 S : S D2 P G3 R2 S *''Bilahari'' is a rāgam which has the ''shuddha madhyamam'' in descending scale (descending scale of '' Shankarabharanam'') in place of the ''prati madhyamam''. Its ' structure is S R2 G3 P D2 S : S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S

Notes

References

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