Carnatic Ragas

Raga List

Carnatic Scale - SARASANGI (G#)

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A#
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C
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C#
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D#
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E
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G
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Sa
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Ri2
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Ga3
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Ma1
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Pa
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Dha1
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Ni3
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Sa
Sarasangi
The 27th Melakarta raga of Carnatic music, Sarasangi, is very familiar to the western music world in the name of Harmonic major scale. In Muthuswami dikshitar school of Carnatic music, this raga is called Sowrasena. Hindusthani music too has a raga very similar to Sarasangi called Natbhairav.
Arohana: S R2 G3 M1 P D1 N3 S
Avarohana: S N3 D1 P M1 G3 R2 S
The notes are shadjam, chathusruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panjamam, shuddha dhaivatham and kakali nishadham. When you replace the shuddha madhyamam of this sampoorna raga with prathi madhyamam, you will get the 63rd Melakarta raga, Latangi. Sarasangi is the third raga in the Bana chakra with mnemonic name Bana-Go.
Ni and Ga of Sarasangi are the ragachaya swaras that distinguishes this raga from the others. These notes are usually sung as deerkha swaras. The specialty of this raga is that it is best used when singing jandaswaras and daattuswaras.
Sarasangi has a few janya ragas like Kamala Manohari, Madhulika, Nalinakanthi etc. The compositions in this raga include Jaya Jaya Padmanabha by Swathi Thirunal, Nikela Dayaradu by Ramaswami Sivan and Vandeham Govinda by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna to name a few. Shifting the notes of this raga using Graha bhedam gives two ragas – Dharmavati and Chakravakam.
List of Tamil movie songs in Sarasangi raga:
• Adi Ennadi Rakkamma (Film Pattikada Pattanama)
• Meenamma Meenamma (Film Rajadhi Raja)
• Poovukku Poovale (Film Anand)
• Manithan Ellam (Film Azhagu Nila)
• Ellorum Sollu (Film Marupadiyum)
 
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