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Karnataka Shuddha Saveri is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is an audava rāgam (or owdava rāgam, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a janya rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes).
Shuddha Saveri scale with shadjam at C. Shuddha Saveri is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain gāndhāram or nishādam.It is a pentatonic scale (audava-audava ragam in Carnatic music classification – audava meaning 'of 5').
Kanakangi scale with shadjam at C. It is the 1st rāgam in the 1st chakra Indu.The mnemonic name is Indu-Pa.The mnemonic phrase is sa ra ga ma pa dha na. [1] Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) has all shuddha swaras, as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
The mēḷa system of ragas was first propounded by Raamamaatya in his work Svaramelakalanidhi c. 1550. He is considered the father of mela system of ragas. Later, Venkatamakhin, a gifted musicologist in the 17th century, expounded a new mela system known today as mēḷakarta in his work Chaturdandi Prakaasikaa. [3]
Malahari is a audava-shadava scale (5 notes in ascending and 6 in descending scale) that resembles Saveri. [2] Its ascending scale has shuddha madhyamam in place of antara gandharam, while the nishadham is dropped in descending scale. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is S R1 M1 P D1 S : S D1 P M1 G3 R1 S
Amritavarshini's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 1 popular pentatonic rāgam, Karnataka Shuddha Saveri. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam. For more details and illustration of this concept refer Graha bhedam on Amr̥tavarṣiṇi.
Vasantha is an asymmetric scale that does not contain panchamam.It is called a vakra audava-shadava raga, malathiga [1] structure is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
Shubhapantuvarali scale with shadjam at C. It is the 3rd rāgam in the 8th chakra Vasu.The mnemonic name is Vasu-Go.The mnemonic phrase is sa ra gi mi pa dha nu. [1] Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):