Kāpi is a popular
rāga
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in
Carnatic music
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It is o ...
, the classical music of
South India
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. ''Kāpi'' is a
janya
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rāgam of ''
Kharaharapriya'' with a meandering vakra scale. Typically performed at slow and medium speeds, it is capable of inducing moods of devotion, pathos and sadness in the listeners. ''Kāpi'' is different from the
Hindustani raag and
thaat
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''
Kafi.'' The equivalent raag in Hindustani is
Pilu.
Structure and Lakshana
Kāpi is an audava-vakra sampoorna rāgam with an ascending pentatonic scale and a descending scale with seven notes, but not in a descending order. Use of
Kakali Nishadam and
Anthara Gandharam make it a
Bhashanga Raagam.
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The presence of different ''nishāda'' swarās (N
2 and N
3) lends a distinctive quality to Kāpi, along with the fact that it uses a set of vakra swarās (N
2 D
2 N
2).
There is also a mild presence of shuddha daivatham (D
1) that renders an invaluable feeling of devotion to the raagam. This, and the presence of
Anthara Gandharam (G
3) makes it difficult to pinpoint the exact nature of the avarohana of the raagam.
In the song Jagadhodharana composed by Sangeeta Pitamaha Sri Purandara Dasa, the note Suddha Dhaivatham (Dha1) also occurs as a foreign note(anya swara)
Kapi ragam gives the feeling Devotion, Sentiment and happiness
Compositions
Some of the popular compositions in Kāpi are:
* ''Jagadoddhārana Adisidaleshode'', ''Bannisi gopi''
-
Purandaradasa
* ''Mee Valla Gunadosha Memi, Intha Sowkhya, Rama Raghukula Jalanidhi, Ennalu Nee Trova and Rama Pahi Megha Shyama'' -
Thyagaraja
* ''Venkatachalapate Ninu Nammiti and Veera Hanumathe(also sung in Kanada)'' -
Muthuswami Dikshitar **
* ''Viharamanasa Rame'', ''Smarasi Pura'', ''Sree Madhavamanu'' -
Swathi Thirunal
* ''Enna thavam seydanai Yashoda'' -
Papanasam Sivan
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* ''Bhaja maadhavam anisham'' -
Mysore Vasudevacharya
* ''Maya Gopabala'' -
K C Kesava Pillai
* ''Jaanaki ramana dasaratha nandana'' - Vanamaamalai Jeeyar Swami
* ''Javo Mat Thum'' (Upaakhyanam) -
Swathi Thirunal
* ''Chinnanchiru Kiliye (First two stanzas)'' -
Subramanya Bharathi
* ''Kurai Ondrum Illai'' (''Two'' ''charanam'' ''verses'') -
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
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* ''Karthikeyanai'' -
Mayuram Viswanatha Sastri
* ''Aravinda Padamalar'' -
Ambujam Krishna
* ''Charanamule Nammiti'' -
Bhadrachala Ramadasu
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* ''Kanaka Simham'' -
Kalyani Varadarajan
*''Kanna Vaa Manivanna Vaa'' (''First two verses'') -
Ambujam Krishna
* ''Nee mattume en nenjil nirkirai'' -
Perumal Murugan and
K Arun Prakash
** Kāpi of Muthuswami Dikshitar is quite different from the traditional Kāpi and often cited as karNATaka Kāpi
The Moorchana of Kāpi as per Venkatamakhin is S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S/ N2 D2 P M1 G2 G2 R2 S
Film Songs
Language:
Tamil
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Language:
Malayalam
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Telugu Film Songs
Language : Telugu
Songs listed below are composed in Raga
Pilu (raga) which is Hindustani equivalent to Raga Kapi (raga)
Language : Telugu
Songs listed below are composed in Raga
Pilu which is the Hindustani equivalent of Raga Kapi.
Language :
Hindi
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Private Album
Language : Telugu
Notes
References
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