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 Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras or Vātivasantabhairavi in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music. In Western Music, it is E major.

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 2nd rāgam in the 3rd ''chakra Agni''. The mnemonic name is ''Agni-Sri''. The mnemonic phrase is ''sa ra gu ma 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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''Shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham'' and '' kaisiki nishadham'' are the ''swaras'' used in this scale. As this scale 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 '' '', which is the 50th ''melakarta'' scale.

Asampurna Melakarta

Vātivasantabhairavi is the 14th ''Melakarta'' in the original list compiled by Venkatamakhin. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the descending scale has notes used in zig-zag manner (''vakra prayoga'').Shree Muthuswami Dikshitar Keerthanaigal, by A Sundaram Iyer, Music Book Publishers, Mylapore, Chennai
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''Janya'' rāgams

''Vakulabharanam'' has a few minor ''janya'' rāgams (derived scales) associated with it, of which ''Vasantabhairavi'' is heard occasionally in concerts. See List of ''janya'' rāgams for full list of rāgams associated with ''Vakulabharanam''.

Compositions

Here are a few common compositions sung in concerts, set to ''Vakulabharanam''.
*''Gowrinatham'' by Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi
*''Ye ramuni nammitino'' by Thyagaraja
*''Nambinen ayya'' by Koteeswara Iyer
*''Rama namamai'' by Mysore Vasudevachar
*''KumĀruni valenu kĀvavĒ'' by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
*''Saadhu tada'', a composition by Maharaja Swati Tirunal of Travancore, tuned by Prince Rama Varma.
*''Paripaahimaam siddhivinayaka'' by Mysuru Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar

Film Songs

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Related rāgams

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

''Vakulabharanam's'' notes when shifted using '' Graha bhedam'', yields 2 major ''melakarta'' rāgams, namely ''Keeravani'' and '' Hemavati'' along with 1 minor ''melakarta'' rāgam ''Kosalam''. For further details and an illustration refer '' Graha bhedam on Keeravani''.

Vakulabharanam corresponds to Phrygian dominant scale in Western music.

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References

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Melakarta ragas