Udayaravichandrika Scale

Udayaravichandrika is a rāgam 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). Closer to ''Udayaravichandrika'' in Hindustani music is '' Dhani'' aka Gaundgiri.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras But Dhani has N2 while Udayaravichandrika N3 in theory.

Structure and Lakshana

''Udayaravichandrika'' is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain ''rishabham'' or ''dhaivatam''. It is a pentatonic scale (''audava-audava'' rāgam in Carnatic music classification – ''audava'' meaning 'of five') and is equivalent to the minor pentatonic scale in Western music.
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 ''sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam'' and ''kaisiki nishadham''. ''Udayaravichandrika'' is considered a ''janya'' rāgam of ''Kharaharapriya'', the 22nd ''melakarta'' rāgam, though it can be derived from other ''melakarta'' rāgams, '' Hanumatodi'', ''Natabhairavi'' or '' Natakapriya'', by dropping both ''rishabham'' and ''dhaivatam''.

Udayaravichandrika and the raga Suddha Dhanyasi are closely related, so much that many performers treat the two as interchangeable. Some contemporary practitioners consider Suddha Dhanyasi as more inflected (i.e., using more ''gamaka''s), and Udayaravichandrika to be more in the Hindustani tradition with almost bare (i.e., uninflected) notes. Puritans, however, refer to the fact that Udayaravichandrika is an ancient raga in the Venkatamakhin tradition and was reputed to be created by Muthuswamy Dikshitar himself. However, at that time, it had ''kakali nishadam'' rather than the ''kaisiki nishadam'' of Suddha Dhanyasi.

However, the Kaisaki nishadam is used in this topic making more towards Sudha Dhanyasi. The Udaya Ravichandrika, in its pure
form should have the following arohana and avarohana:
arohanam =
avarohanam =

In recent years this distinction seems to have blurred, and both ragas are considered roughly equivalent.

Popular compositions

Here are some popular '' kritis'' composed in Suddha Dhanyasi raga.

*''Enta nerchina'' by Thyagaraja
*''subrahmaṇyena rakṣito'haṃ'' and ''śrī pārthasārathinā'' by Muthuswami Dikshitar
*''Himagiri tanaye'' by Muthiah Bhagavatar
*''Bhavamu lona'', ''Vinaro Bhagyamu'' by Annamacharya
*''Narayana Ninna Namada'', ''Chandava Nodire Gokula'' by Purandara Dasa
*''Ishtu dina'' By Kanaka Dasa
*''śrī hari-vallabhē'' by Mysore Vasudevachar
*''śarvaṃ samāśraye'haṃ'' by Tulasivanam (pen-name of Ramachandran Nair from Kerala, India)
*''khēlati piṇḍāṇḍē bhagavān'' by Sadasiva Brahmendra
*''kālātītāya khaṭvāṅginē namastē'' by Muthiah Bhagavatar
*''bhēruṇḍāmbē bēḍuvē'' by Muthiah Bhagavatar
*''āyar pāḍi kaṇṇā'' by Padma Viraraghavan
*''pālaya māṃ siddhi vināyaka'' by Mysore Sadashiva Rao

Film songs

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Related rāgams

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

''Graha bhedam''

''Udayaravichandrika's'' notes when shifted using ''Graha bhedam'', yields four other major pentatonic rāgams, namely, '' Mohanam'', '' Hindolam'', ''Madhyamavathi'' and '' Shuddha Saveri''. ''Graha bhedam'' is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the ''shadjam'' to the next note in the rāgam. See '' Graha bhedam on Mohanam'' for more details and illustration of this concept.

Scale similarities

*'' Dhanyāsi'' is a rāgam which has the ascending scale of ''Udayaravichandrika'' (''Shuddha Dhanyasi'') and descending scale of ''Hanumatodi''. Its structure is :
*'' Abheri'' is a rāgam which has the ascending scale of ''Udayaravichandrika'' and descending scale of ''Kharaharapriya''. Its structure is :

Notes

References

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Janya ragas
Janya ragas (kharaharapriya)