Vasantha (pronounced vasantā) is a raga in

Carnatic music Carnatic music, known as or in the 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, and Sri Lanka. It is ...

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

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'' raga of '' Suryakantam'', the 17th '' Melakarta'' raga.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications According to P, Subba Rao, majority opinion is that the raga is derived from ''

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'', the 15th ''Melakarta'' raga.''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras ''Vasantha'' is suitable to be sung in evening and is considered an auspicious raga.

Structure

''Vasantha'' is an asymmetric scale that does not contain ''panchamam''. It is called a ''vakra audava-shadava'' raga, malathiga structure is as follows (see ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): * ārohaṇa : * avarohaṇa : This scale uses the notes shadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadam.

Popular compositions

''Vasantha'' has ample scope for ''

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''. This scale has been used by many composers for compositions in classical music. Here are some popular compositions in ''Vasantha''. *''Ninne kori'', a popular

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by Tecchur Singarachari *''Sitamma Mayamma'' by

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*''Malmaruga Shanmukha'' by

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Film Songs

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Related ragas

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

Scale similarities

*'' Lalitha'' is a popular raga that sounds very similar to ''Vasantha''. '' Lalitha'' uses ''shuddha rishabham'' in ārohaṇa also, while the ''shuddha dhaivatam'' is used in it, compared to ''chatusruti dhaivatam'' in ''Vasantha''.

Notes

References

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