Tanarupi (pronounced tānarūpi, meaning ''the one that embodies

tanam {{Use Indian English, date=July 2020 Tanam or Taanam (pronounced tānam) is one of the methods of raga improvisation (''manodharma'') in the Carnatic classical music tradition, suited mainly for vocal, violin and veena. Tanam consists of expa ...

'') 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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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 6th ''

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. It is called Tanukeerti in

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 Carnatic 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

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 6th rāgam in the 1st ''chakra Indu''. The mnemonic name is ''Indu-Sha''. The mnemonic phrase is ''sa ra ga ma pa dhu 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 ''shuddha rishabham, shuddha gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shatsruthi dhaivatham'' and ''kakali nishadham''. 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 ''

Raghupriya Raghupriya (meaning ''The one dear to Raghu'') is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 42nd ''melakarta'' rāgam (parent scale) in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is calle ...

'', which is the 42nd ''melakarta'' rāgam.

Asampurna Melakarta

Tanukeerti is the 6th ''Melakarta'' in the original list compiled by

Venkatamakhin Venkatamakhin (; ) or Venkatamakhi, was an Indian poet, musician, and musicologist of Carnatic music. He is renowned for his '' Chaturdandiprakashika'' in which he explicates the melakarta system of classifying ragas. Venkatamakhin composed ge ...

. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the ascending scale and descending scale are different. It is an ''audava-vakra sampurna'' raga (5 notes in ascending scale, while full 7 are used in descending scale in a zig-zag manner).Shree Muthuswami Dikshitar Keerthanaigal, by A Sundaram Iyer, Music Book Publishers, Mylapore, Chennai * : * :

''Janya'' rāgams

''Tanarupi'' has no ''

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. See List of ''janya'' rāgams for a full list of ''janya'' rāgams.

Compositions

Here are a few common compositions sung in concerts, set to ''Tanarupi''. *''Va velava va'' by Koteeswara Iyer *''Sri Ramam sada bajeham'' by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna The following composition is set to ''Tanukeerti''. *''Chidambara natarajamurthim'' by

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam. ''Tanarupi'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 no other ''melakarta'' rāgam. ''Graha bhedam'' is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the ''shadjam'' to the next note in the rāgam.

Notes

References

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