Chalanata - 36th Melakarta rāgam

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Chalanata (pronounced Chalanāta, Sanskrit: चलनाट, Kannada: ಚಲನಾಟ, Telugu: చలనాట, Tamil: சலநாட) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 36th Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is one of the few rāgams referred by the same name in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

Structure and Lakshana:

It is the 6th rāgam in the 6th chakra Rutu. The mnemonic name is Rutu-Sha. The mnemonic phrase is sa ru gu ma pa dhu nu. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale).

ārohaṇa: S R3 G3 M1 P D3 N3 S
avarohaṇa: S N3 D3 P M1 G3 R3 S

The notes used in this scale are shadjam, shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, shatsruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadham. As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampurna rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Rasikapriya, which is the 72nd (last) melakarta.

Janya Rāgams:

Chalanāta (also pronounced Chalanāttai) has two popular janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it, namely Nāta (Nāttai) andGhambheeranāta (Gambheeranāttai).

36 Chalanāttai	S R3 G3 M1 P D3 N3 S	S N3 D3 P M1 G3 R3 S
Devanāttai	S G3 M1 P S	S N3 D3 P M1 G3 R3 S
Gambheeranāttai	S G3 M1 P N3 S	S N3 P M1 G3 S
Ganaranjani	S R3 G3 M1 P M1 D3 N3 S	S N3 D3 P M1 P M1 R3 S
Nāttai	S R3 G3 M1 P D3 N3 S	S N3 P M1 R3 S

Related rāgams:

Chalanata's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields a major Melakarta rāgam Shubhapantuvarali. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam.

Rāgam	Mela #	C		D		E	F		G		A		B	C		D		E
Chalanata	36	S			R3	G3	M1		P			D3	N3	S'			R3'	G3'
Shubhapantuvarali	45					S	R1		G2			M2	P	D1			N3	S'

Compositions:

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