Carnatic Ragas

Raga List

Carnatic Scale - YAGAPRIYA (C)

C
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D#
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E
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F
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G
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G#
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A
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C
Sa
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Ri3
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Ga3
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Ma1
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Pa
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Dha1
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Ni1
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Sa
Yagapriya
With Yagapriya, the sixth chakra Rutu starts and this first raga has the
mnemonic name Rutu-Pa. Yagapriya is the 31 st raga in the Melakarta
system of Carnatic music. Known as Kalavati in Muthuswami Dikshitar
school of music, this raga is also well known in Hindustani music.
Arohana: S R3 G3 M1 P D1 N1 S
Avarohana: S N1 D1 P M1 G3 R3 S
The swaras are shadjam, shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam,
shuddha madhyamam, panjamam, shuddha dhaivatham and shuddha
nishadam. This sampoorna raga is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of
Sucharitra, the 67 th Melakarta raga.
Yagapriya has a few janya ragas like Damarugapriya, Desharanjani,
Deshyathodi etc. The two popular compositions in this raga are Shambho
Sadashiva by Koteeswara Iyer and Kalavati Kamalasyanu by Muthuswami
Dikshitar. It is a vivadi mela that has less scope for compositions.
 
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