Rishabhapriya is a
raga
A ''raga'' or ''raag'' (; also ''raaga'' or ''ragam''; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a musical mode, melodic mode. The ''rāga'' is a unique and central feature of the classical Indian music tradit ...
m in
Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 62nd ''
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 (parent scale) in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is the ''prati madhyamam'' equivalent of ''
Charukesi'', which is the 26th ''melakarta''.
[''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications] It is called Ratipriya in
Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
[''Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar Keertanaigal'' by Vidwan A Sundaram Iyer, Pub. 1989, Music Book Publishers, Mylapore, Chennai][''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras]
Structure and Lakshana
It is the 2nd rāgam in the 11th ''chakra Rudra''. The mnemonic name is ''Rudra-Sri''. The mnemonic phrase is ''sa ri gu mi pa dha ni''.
Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see
''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
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This scale uses the notes ''chathusruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham'' and ''kaisiki nishadham''. As it is a ''melakarta'' rāgam, by definition it is a
''sampoorna'' rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale).
''Janya'' rāgams
A few minor ''
janya'' rāgams (derived scales) are associated with ''Rishabhapriya''. See
List of ''janya'' rāgams for all associated scales of ''Rishabhapriya'' and other 71 ''melakarta'' rāgams.
Compositions
A few compositions which are set to ''Rishabhapriya'' are:
*''Ghana naya desika'' by
Koteeswara Iyer
*''Maara ratipriyam'' by
Muthuswami Dikshitar
*''Nandisam vande'' by
Dr. 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 ...
*''Inta sodhanamulaku'' by
Veene Sheshanna
*''Mahima dakkinchu'' by
Thyagaraja
*''Panniru Kaiyane'' by
D. pattamal
* Mahatmule theliyaleru by Mysore vasudevacharyar
Related rāgams
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.
''Rishabhapriya'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 ...
'' from the ''panchamam'' (Pa), yields one other ''melakarta'' rāgam, namely ''
Kokilapriya''. ''Graha bhedam'' is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the ''shadjam'' to the next note in the rāgam. "Rishabhapriya" and "Kokilapriya" are also the only melakarta rāgams to contain a
wholetone scale. Omitting Pa in "Rishabhapriya" and Sa in "Kokilapriya" yields the scale. For further details and an illustration refer ''
Graha bhedam on Kokilapriya''.
GOPRIYA is a janya raga created by omitting panchamam in the aarohanam and avarohanam (S R2 G3 M2 D1 N2 S---S N2 D1 M2 G3 R2 S) is special in that doing Grahabhedam on it generates the same raga itself over and over. This is because the notes are equally separated in frequency...source is a lec-dem by S. Soumya in Margazhi Maha Utsavam in January 2017. In western classical music terminology, this is called a Whole Tone Scale (Rudi Seitz, 12 Jan. 2013).
Notes
References
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Melakarta ragas