Carnatic Ragas

Raga List

Carnatic Scale - NATA(CHALA) (Eb)

Eb
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Gb
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G
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Ab
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Bb
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Db
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D
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Eb
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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Dha3
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Ni3
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Sa
Chalanata
If you thought Chalanata is same as Nata, you are not completely wrong. In fact, Nata is a janya raga of Chalanata and sometimes seems to be more popular than the parent raga. This auspicious raga is sometimes heard among the first songs in concerts. Chalanata is the 36th raga in the Melakarta system of Carnatic music and has the same name in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music as well.
Arohana: S R3 G3 M1 P D3 N3 S
Avarohana: S N3 D3 P M1 G3 R3 S
The swaras of this raga are shadjam, shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panjamam, shatsruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadam. This is the sixth and last raga in Rutu chakra with mnemonic name Rutu-Sha.
It is a sampoorna raga and the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of the 72nd Melakarta raga Rasikapriya. This is a vivadi mela whose notes like Ri and Da are used as deerkha swaras to avoid vivadi dosha. Shifting the notes of this raga using Graha bhedam gives the raga Shubhapantuvarali.
As mentioned, Nata is a famous janya raga of Chalanata and so is Ghambheeranata. Some of the compositions in Chalanata are Margazhi Thingal by Andal, Rajadhiraja by Baluswami Dikshitar and Edayya Gathi by Koteeswara Iyer. There are quite a few Tamil movie songs in this raga but rarely any in Malayalam. But you can find many Malayalam songs in Nata raga including Swaminatha from the movie Chitram, Theeram thedum from Vandanam and Mahaganapathim from Millenium Stars.
List of Tamil movie songs in Chalanata raga:
Maanikka Theril Maragatha (Film Thedi Vandha Mapillai)
Ventriduven Unnai (Film Agathiyar)
Mahaganapathim (Film Sindhu Bhairavi)
Aala asathum (Film Kanni Rasi)
Kavithai Kelungal (Film Punnagai Mannan)
 
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