Tanarupi - 6th Melakarta rāgam

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Tanarupi (pronounced tānarūpi, Sanskrit: तानरूपि, Telugu: తానరూపి, Tamil: தானரூபி, English: The one that embodies tanam) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music).
It is the 6th melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is calledTanukeerti in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

Structure and Lakshana:

It is the 6th rāgam in the 1st chakra Indu. The mnemonic name is Indu-Sha. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra ga ma pa dhu nu.[1] Its 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 D3 N3 S
avarohaṇa: S N3 D3 P M1 G1 R1 S

The notes used in this scale are shuddha rishabham, shuddha gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shatsruthi dhaivatham and kakali 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 Raghupriya, which is the 42nd melakarta rāgam.

Asampurna Melakarta:

Tanukeerti is the 6th Melakarta in the original list compiled by Venkatamakhin. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the ascending scale and descending scale are different. It is an audava-vakra sampurna raga (5 notes in ascending scale, while full 7 are used in descending scale in a zig-zag manner).
ārohaṇa: S R1 M1 P N3 S'
avarohaṇa: S N3 D3 N3 P M1 G1 R1 S

Janya rāgams:

Raga Name

Ascending Scale(ārohanam)

Descending Scale(Avarohanam)

6 Tānaroopi	S R1 G1 M1 P D3 N3 S	S N3 D3 P M1 G1 R1 S
Tanukeerti	S R1 M1 P N3 S	S N3 D3 N3 P M1 G1 M1 R1 S

Related rāgams:

Tanarupi's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields no other melakarta rāgam. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam.

Compositions:

(Will come soon..)