Shri ragam is an ancient

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m in the Carnatic tradition. It is also written as Sri or Shree.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications This scale does not have all the seven ''

swara Svara or swara (Devanagari: स्वर, generally pronounced as ''swar'') is a Sanskrit word that connotes simultaneously a breath, a vowel, the sound of a musical note corresponding to its name, and the successive steps of the octave or ' ...

s'' (musical notes) in the ascending scale. ''Shree'' is the ''asampurna melakartha'' equivalent of ''

Kharaharapriya Kharaharapriya is a rāga in Carnatic music. It is the 22nd '' melakarta'' rāga (parent scale) in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāga system. It is possible that the name of the ragam was originally ''Harapriya'' but it was changed to conform to the ...

'', the 22nd ''

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raga, Shree.

Structure and Lakshana

''Shree'' is an asymmetric rāgam that does not contain ''gāndhāram'' or ''dhaivatam'' in the ascending scale. It is a ''audava-vakra-sampurna'' rāgam (or ''owdava'', meaning pentatonic in ascending scale), where ''vakra'' indicates the zig-zag nature of jumping notes in descending scale. Its ''ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa'' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): * ārohaṇa: * avarohaṇa: (or) This scale uses the notes ''chatushruti rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, chatushruti dhaivatam'' and ''kaisiki nishadam''.

Popular compositions

''Shree'' rāgam has been decorated with compositions by many composers. A few of the popular kritis are listed here. *''Sami ninnekori'', a ''

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*The fifth '' Pancharatna Kriti'' ''Endaro mahanubhavulu'' composed by

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in Sanskrit *''Karuna judu ninnu'' by Shyama Shastri in Telugu *''Vanajasana Vinuta'' composed by Subbaraya Shastri in

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*''Bhavayami Nanda'' and ''Reena Madadritha'' by

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*''Bandanene Ranga'' (9th Navaratna Malike), ''Adi Varahana'' (very rare composition on Lord Varaha) by

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*''Mangalam Arul'' by

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Film Songs

Language: Tamil

Tamil Devotional Songs

Related rāgams

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

Scale similarities

*'' Madhyamavati'' is a rāgam which has a symmetric ascending and descending scale, which matches the ascending scale of ''Shree''. Its ''ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa'' structure is S R2 M1 P N2 S : S N2 P M1 R2 S *''Manirangu'' is a rāgam which has ''gāndhāram'' in the descending scale, while all other notes in both the ascending and descending scale are same as ''Madhyamavati''. Its ''ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa'' structure is S R2 M1 P N2 S : S N2 P M1 G2 R2 S

Notes

References

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