I just returned from India after 8 weeks of absence. I rushed to India since my
father passed away suddenly.
As I returned I found your educative article on Carnatic music.
I am somewhat confused as to how to read the chart. I may need some more
clarification
you wrote:.
> The 1 st rAga has Su Su Su Su Su Su Su
> The 4 th rAga has Su Su Su Su Su ca kai
> The 16 th rAga has Su Su aM Su Su ca kA
>
I understand for the 1st raga all are Sudha svaras. But for the 4th and 16th I
cannot deduce from the table the 6th and the 7th swaras are caatu and kaiSika.
Smilarly for the 16th how you arrived from the table for ga it#is aMtara and for
ni kAkali. Any further clarification of how to deduce the swaras from the table.
Thanks. I am posting this to telusa since others may also in my state!
Hari Om!
Sadananda
In message <9605161517.AA26117@cortex.neuro.mssm.edu> writes:
> Carnatic Music (2 of 2)
>
> Variations of 'sapta svarAs' in Carnatic music
> _________________________________________________________________________
> Indicating svaramu Names of variations Number of
> Letter variations
> _________________________________________________________________________
> 'sa' shadjamamu 'Suddha' 1
>
> 'ri' rishabhamu 'Suddha', 'catu Sruti', and 'shaT chruti' 3
>
> 'ga' gAndhAramu 'Suddha', 'sAdhAraNa' and 'aMtara' 3
>
> 'ma' madhyamamu 'Suddha' and 'prati' 2
>
> 'pa' pancamamu 'Suddha' 1
>
> 'dha' dhaivatamu 'Suddha', 'catu Sruti' and 'shaT chruti' 3
>
> 'ni' nishAdamu 'Suddha', 'kaiSika' and 'kAkali' 3
> _________________________________________________________________________
>
> However, while forming 'rAgAs' based on the 'sound', the following four sounds
> are said to be equivalent or 'duplicates'.
>
> catu Sruti 'ri ' = Suddha 'ga'
> shaT chruti 'ri' = sAdhAraNa 'ga'
> catuu Sruti 'dha' = Suddha 'ni'
> shaT chruti 'dha' = kaiSika 'ni'
>
> Hence, there are only (16 - 4=)12 effective 'svarAs' to frame or form 'rAgAs'.
>
> 'svara' and 'mELa karta rAga' chart of Carnatic music
> __________________________________________ ____________________
> numbers of the 'rAgAs' 'ri' 'ga' 'ma'
> _________________________________________________________________
> 1 2 3 4 5 6 Su Su Su
>
> 7 8 9 10 11 12 Su sA Su
>
> 13 14 15 16 17 18 Su aM Su
>
> 19 20 21 22 23 24 ca sA Su
>
> 25 26 27 28 29 30 ca aM Su
>
> 31 32 33 34 35 36 sha aM Su
>
> 37 38 39 40 41 42 Su Su pra
>
> 43 44 45 46 47 48 Su sA pra
>
> 49 50 51 52 53 54 Su aM pra
>
> 55 56 57 58 59 60 ca sA pra
>
> 61 62 63 64 65 66 ca aM pra
>
> 67 68 69 70 71 72 sha aM pra
> ___________________________________________________ ___________________
> 'dha' Su Su Su ca ca sha
> ___________________________________________________
> 'ni' Su kai kA kai kA kA
> ___________________________________________________
>
> 'sa' and 'pa' having no variations in them are always used as 'Suddha' in
> every one of these 'rAgAs'. The names of each 'rAga', corresponding to its
> number is given below. The 'svarAs' for each 'rAga' can be identified from the
> above chart.
>
> How to read the above chart?
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> # of rAga sa ri ga ma pa dha ni
> _______________________________________________________________________
> The 1 st rAga has Su Su Su Su Su Su Su
> The 4 th rAga has Su Su Su Su Su ca kai
> The 16 th rAga has Su Su aM Su Su ca kA
> ________________________________________________________________________
> The above order goes as 'ArOhaNa' and 'avarOhaNa' will be in the reverse
> order, i.e., ni, dha, pa, ma, ga, ri, sa.
>
> The following are the names of the Carnatic 'mELakarta rAgAs', as per the
> numbers in the chart above.
>
> 1. kankAngi 2. ratnAngi 3. gAnamUrti
> 4. vanaspati 5. mAnavati 6. tAnarUpi
> 7. sEnApati 8. hanumattODi 9. dhEnuka
> 10. nATaka priya 11. kOkila priya 12. rUpavati
> 13. gAyaka priya 14. vakuLA bharaNaM 15. mAyA mALava gaULa
> 16. cakravAkam 17. sUryakantaM 18. hATa kaMbari
> 19. jhaMkAra dhvani 20. naTa bhairavi 21. keeravANi
> 22. kharahara priya 23. gaUrI manOhari 24. varuNa priya
> 25. mAra ranjani 26. cArukESi 27. sarasAMgi
> 28. hari kAMbhOji 29. dheera SankarAbharaNaM 30. nAgA naMdini
> 31. yAga priya 32. rAga vardhini 33. gAMgEya bhUshiNi
> 34. vAga dheeSvari 35. SUlini 36. calanATa
> 37. sAlagamu 38. jalArNavamu 39. jhUla varAli
> 40. navaneeta 41. pAvani 42. raghu priya
> 43. gavAMbhOdhi 44. bhavapriya 45. Subha pantuvarALi
> 46. sha dvidha mArgiNi 47. suvarNAMgi 48. divyamaNi
> 49. dhavaLAMbari 50. nAmanArAyaNi 51. kAmavardhani
> 52. rAmapriya 53. gamana Srama 54. viSvaMbari
> 55. SyAmalAMgi 56. shaNmukhapriya 57. siMhEndra madhyama
> 58. hEmavati 59. dharmavati 60. neetimati
> 61. kAntAmaNi 62. rishabhapriya 63. latAMgi
> 64. vAcaspati 65. mEcakaLyANi 66. citrAMbari
> 67. sucaritramu 68. jyOti svarUpiNi 69. dhAtuvardhani
> 70. nAsikA bhUshiNi 71. kOsala 72. rasika priya
>
> Here are some of the very popular 'rAgAs' along with their 'mELakarta rAgAs',
> from which they are derived.
_______________________________________________________________________________
> janya rAgAs Number & Name of mELakarta
> rAga
_______________________________________________________________________________
>
> kAnaDa, darbAr, mukhAri, madhyamAvati, kApi,
> Sree, Sree raMjani, abhOgi, Suddha dhanyAsi 22. kharahara priya
>
>
> dhanyAsi, punnAga varALi, bhUpAlam,
> tODi, aSAvEri 8. hanumattODi
>
>
> sAvEri, vasanta, baULi, malahari, mAruvA,
> nAda nAmakriya, pharazu 15. mAyA mALava gaULa
>
>
> mOhana, sAma, kAMbhOji, yadukula kAMbhOji,
> kadana kutUhalamu, khamAsu, nATakuraMji,
> neelAMbari, SyAma, Sahana, kEdAra gaULa 28. Hari kAMbhOji
>
>
> kEdAra, aThANa, Arabhi, SaMkarAbharaNam,
> dEva gAMdhAri, biLahari, bEgaDa, mAnD, 29. dheera
> haMsadhvani,neelAMbari, Suddha sAvEri SaMkarAbharaNaM
>
>
> hindOLamu, abhEri, jayanta Sree,bhairavi,
> naTa bhairavi, Ananda bhairavi, reeti gaULa 20. naTa bhairavi
>
>
> sindhu bhairavi 10. nATaka priya
>
>
> amRta varshiNi, varALi 39. jhUla varALi
>
>
> kaLyANi, yamunA kaLyANi, hameer kaLyANi 65. mEca kaLyANi
>
>
> pUrvee kaLyANi, haMsAnandi 53. gamana Srama
>
>
> keeravANi, kalyANa vasantamu 21. keeravANi
>
>
> malayamArutamu, kaLAvati, cakravAkamu 16. cakravAkamu
_______________________________________________________________________________
>
> The 7 types of 'tALAs' of Carnatic music:
>
> 1. dhRva, 2. maThya, 3. rUpaka, 4. jhampe, 5. tripuTa, 6. Ata, 7. Eka
>
> Each one of them have 5 sub-types.
>
> tRiSra jAti; caturaSra jAti; khanDa jAti; miSra jAti; saMkeerNa jAti
>
> With regards,
> Prabhakar Vissavajjhala
>
> P.S.: Ref.:'krotta saMgeeta vidyA darpaNamu' by 'Sree ekA subbA rAu'.
>
>