Ratnangi -2nd Melakarta rāgam

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• By Balamurali Krishna

Ratnangi scale with shadjam at C :

Ratnangi (pronounced ratnāngi, Sanskrit: रत्नांगि, Telugu: రత్నాంగి , Tamil: ரத்னாங்கி, The one with a gem-like body) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). 

It is the 2nd melakarta rāgam (parent scale) in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is calledPhenadhyuti in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

Structure and Lakshana : 

It is the 2nd rāgam in the 1st chakra Indu. The mnemonic name is Indu-Sri. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra ga ma pa dha ni.ts ārohaṇa-avarohaṇastructure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
ārohaṇa: S R1 G1 M1 P D1 N2 S'
avarohaṇa: S' N2 D1 P M1 G1 R1 S

The scale uses the notes shuddha rishabham, shuddha gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham and kaisiki nishadham. As it is amelakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Jalārnavam, which is the 38th melakarta scale.

Asampurna Melakarta :

Phenadhyuti is the 2nd Melakarta in the original list compiled by Venkatamakhin. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the ascending scale is different.
ārohaṇa: S R1 M1 P D1 P N2 S'
avarohaṇa: S' N2 D1 P M1 G1 R1 S

Janya rāgams :

Ratnangi has a few minor janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it, of which Revati is very popular. See List of janya rāgams for full list of scales associated with Ratnangi.

Raga Name	Ascending Scale(ārohanam)	Descending Scale(Avarohanam)
2 Rathnāngi	S R1 G1 M1 P D1 N2 S	S N2 D1 P M1 G1 R1 S
Phenadhyuti	S R1 M1 P D1 P N2 S	S N2 D1 P M1 G1 R1 S
Ganamukhāri	S R1 M1 D1 S	S N2 D1 M1 R1 S
Ratnavarāli	S R1 M1 P N2 D1 S	S N2 P M1 R1 G1 R1 S
Revati	S R1 M1 P N2 S	S N2 P M1 R1 S
Shreemani	S R1 G1 P D1 S	S N2 D1 P G1 R1 S
Shreemati	S R1 G1 P D1 S	S N2 D1 P G1 R1 S

Related rāgams:

Ratnangi's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 2 other melakarta rāgams, namely, Gamanashrama and Jhankaradhwani. 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	F
Ratnangi	02	S	R1	G1			M1		P	D1		N2		S'	R1'	G1'			M1'
Gamanashrama	53		S	R1			G3		M2	P		D2		N3	S'
Jhankaradhwani	19						S		R2	G2		M1		P	D1	N1			S'

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