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Kanakangi scale with shadjam at C :
Kanakangi has a few janya ragams associated with it, of which Karnātaka shuddha sāveri and Lavangi (a recent addition to Carnatic music by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna) are a little popular. See the Janya Ragaas for kanakangi.
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Kanakangi scale with shadjam at C :
Kanakangi (pronounced Kanakāngi, Sanskrit: कनकांगि,Kannada – ಕನಕಾಂಗಿ Telugu: కనకాంగి, Tamil: கனகாங்கி, The Golden Bodied One) is a rāgam inCarnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music).
It is 1st rāgam in the 1st chakra Indu. The mnemonic name is Indu-Pa. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra ga ma pa dha na. 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):
Kanakāmbari is the 1st Melakarta in the original list compiled by Venkatamakhin. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the ascending scale is different. It is an audava-sampurna raga (5 notes in ascending scale, while full 7 are used in descending scale).
ārohaṇa: S R1 M1 P D1 S'
avarohaṇa: S N1 D1 P M1 G1 R1 S
It is the 1st Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Kanakāmbari in the Muthuswami Dikshitar school.
Structure and Lakshana:
It is 1st rāgam in the 1st chakra Indu. The mnemonic name is Indu-Pa. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra ga ma pa dha na. 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):
ārohaṇa: S R1 G1 M1 P D1 N1
avarohaṇa: S N1 D1 P M1 G1 R1
(the notes are shuddha rishabham, shuddha gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, shuddha nishadham)
It is a sampurna rāgam – a rāgam that has all seven swaras (notes). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Salagam, which is the 37th melakarta.
avarohaṇa: S N1 D1 P M1 G1 R1
(the notes are shuddha rishabham, shuddha gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, shuddha nishadham)
It is a sampurna rāgam – a rāgam that has all seven swaras (notes). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Salagam, which is the 37th melakarta.
Asampurna Melakarta:
ārohaṇa: S R1 M1 P D1 S'
avarohaṇa: S N1 D1 P M1 G1 R1 S
Janya rāgams:
Kanakangi has a few janya ragams associated with it, of which Karnātaka shuddha sāveri and Lavangi (a recent addition to Carnatic music by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna) are a little popular. See the Janya Ragaas for kanakangi.
| Raga Name | Ascending Scale(ārohanam) | Descending Scale(Avarohanam) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Kanakāngi | S R1 G1 M1 P D1 N1 S | S N1 D1 P M1 G1 R1 S |
| Kanakāmbari | S R1 M1 P D1 S | S N1 D1 P M1 G1 R1 S |
| Kanakatodi | S R1 G1 M1 P D1 S | S N1 D1 P M1 R1 S |
| Karnātaka Shuddha Sāveri | S R1 M1 P D1 S | S D1 P M1 R1 S |
| Latantapriya | S R1 G1 M1 P D1 S | S D1 P M1 R1 S |
| Lavangi | S R1 M1 D1 S | S D1 M1 R1 S |
| Megha | S R1 M1 P D1 N1 D1 P S | S N1 D1 P M1 R1 S |
| Rishabhavilāsa | S R1 M1 P D1 S | S D1 P M1 R1 M1 R1 S |
| Sarvashree | S M1 P S | S P M1 S |
| Suddha Mukhāri | S R1 M1 P D1 S | S N1 D1 P M1 G1 R1 S |
| Tatillatika | S R1 M1 P D1 S | S D1 P M1 R1 S |
Related rāgams:
Kanakangi's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields Kamavardani. 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanakangi | 01 | S | R1 | G1 | M1 | P | D1 | N1 | S' | R1' | G1' | |||||
| Kamavardhini | 51 | S | R1 | G3 | M2 | P | D1 | N3 | S' |
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