Shivaranjani or Sivaranjani is a musical scale used in Indian classical music. There are two scales, one in

Hindustani music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...

and one 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 ...

. The Hindustani rāga is a pentatonic scale, as is the Carnatic scale categorized as Audava-Audava (''audava'' meaning 'of 5') resulting in 5 notes in the Arohanam and 5 in the Avarohanam.

Hindustani scale

The Hindustani rāga ''Shivaranjani'' belongs to the '' Kaafi

thaat A Thaat () is a "Parent scale" in North Indian or Hindustani music. It is the Hindustani equivalent of the term ''Melakartha raga'' of Carnatic Music. The concept of the ''thaat'' is not exactly equivalent to the western musical scale because t ...

'' in terms of classification of the scale.''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras Its structure is as follows: * : * : The ''komal''(soft) ''gandhar''(g) in place of ''shuddh gandhar'' (G) is the difference between this rāga and the global musical scale of '' Bhoop''.

Borrowed into Carnatic music

In Karnatic Music, this is a ''

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 ...

'' rāga (derived scale) from 22nd mela-kartha raga Kharaharapriya. It is a ''audava-audava'' rāgam in Carnatic music classification (i.e., a ragam that has five notes in both its arohana and avarohana). Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) using ''swaras'' in Carnatic music notation is as follows: * : * : (the variant notes used in this scale are ''chathusruthi rishabham, sadharana gandharam, chathusruthi dhaivatham'' other than the invariants ''shadjam'' and ''panchamam'')

Popular compositions

*''Kurai ondrum illai'' by Rajaji *''Andavan Ambe'' By

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*''Antaryami Alasithi Solasithi'' by

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*''Yamanelli Kanenendu'', ''Aluvudyatako Rangayya'' By

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*''Va Velava'' By MD Ramanathan

Film songs

Tamil

Related rāgams

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

Graha bhedam

''Shivaranjani's'' notes when shifted using '' Graha bhedam'', yields 2 other pentatonic rāgams, namely, '' Sunadavinodini'' and ''

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''. ''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 Shivaranjani'' for more details and an illustration.

Scale similarities

* ''

Mohanam Mohanam is a rāga in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is an ''audava'' rāga (or ''owdava'' rāga, meaning pentatonic scale). It is usually described as a '' janya'' rāga of Harikamboji (28th Melakartha Raga) ...

'' is a popular rāgam which has the ''antara gandharam'' in place of ''sadharana gandharam''. Its ' structure is S R2 G3 P D2 S : S D2 P G3 R2 S * '' Abhogi'' is a popular rāgam which has the ''shuddha madhyamam'' in place of ''panchamam''. Its ' structure is S R2 G2 M1 D2 S : S D2 M1 G2 R2 S

Carnatic scale

The Carnatic scale ''Shivaranjani'' is a ''

'' rāgam (derived scale) associated with the 64th parent scale '' Vachaspati'' (''melakarta''). It has ''vakra prayoga'' (zig-zag notes in its scale and note phrases) and its scale is as follows.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications * : * :

Compositions

The compositions in this scale are: * ''Andavan anbe'' and ''Tarunamidaya dayai'' composed by

* ''Maha Tripura Sundari'' Varnam composed by Madurai R. Muralidaran

Notes

References

External links

Film Songs in Rag Shivaranjani (Hindustani)
{{Rāgas as per Performance Time Hindustani ragas Janya ragas (kharaharapriya) Janya ragas