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| Avarohanam | ṠN₂PM₁R₂G₂R₂S |
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Shri ragam is an ancient ragam in the Carnatic tradition. It is also written as Sri or Shree.[1] This scale does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes) in the ascending scale.[1]Shree is the asampurna melakartha of Kharaharapriya, the 22nd Melakarta rāgam.[1][2] It is the last of the 5 Ghana rāgams of Carnatic music.[1] It is a pleasing and popular rāgam.[2] It is considered to be highly auspicious.
Notably, Carnatic Shree takes the lower madhyamam being the asampurna scale of Kharaharapriya. It is not related to the Hindustani raga, Shree.
- 3Related rāgams
Structure and Lakshana[edit]
Carnatic Music
Shree is an asymmetric rāgam that does not contain gāndhāram or dhaivatam in the ascending scale. It is a audava-vakra-sampurna rāgam (or owdava, meaning pentatonic in ascending scale),[1] where vakra indicates the zig-zag nature of jumping notes in descending scale. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
- ārohaṇa: SR₂M₁PN₂Ṡ[a]
- avarohaṇa: ṠN₂PM₁R₂G₂R₂S[b] (or) ṠN₂PD₂N₂PM₁R₂G₂R₂S[c]
This scale uses the notes chatushruti rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, chatushruti dhaivatam and kaisiki nishadam.
Popular compositions[edit]
Shree rāgam has been decorated with compositions by many composers. A few of the popular kritis are listed here.
- The fifth Pancharatna KritiEndaro mahanubhavulu composed by Tyagaraja in Telugu, the last of the 5 gems
- Sami ninnekori, a Varnam by Karur Devudu Iyer in Telugu
- Nama kumusumamula by Tyagaraja in Telugu
- Yuktamu gAdu by Tyagaraja in Telugu
- Sri Varalakshmi, Sri Muladhara chakra vinayaka , Sri Kamalambike and Sri vishvanatham bhaje by Muthuswami Dikshitar in Sanskrit
- Bhavayami Nanda and Reena Madadritha by Swathi Thirunal
- Karuna Cheyvan Enthu by Irayimman Thampi
- Karuna judu ninnu by Shyama Shastri in Telugu
- Mangalam arul by Papanasam Sivan in Tamil
- Vande Vasudevam by Annamacharya in Sanskrit
- Mayanai part of the Thiruppavai by Andal
Related rāgams[edit]
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.
Scale similarities[edit]
Carnatic Music Songs
- Madhyamavati is a rāgam which has a symmetric ascending and descending scale, which matches the ascending scale of Shree. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is S R2 M1 P N2 S : S N2 P M1 R2 S
- Manirangu is a rāgam which has gāndhāram in the descending scale, while all other notes in both the ascending and descending scale are same as Madhyamavati. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is S R2 M1 P N2 S : S N2 P M1 G2 R2 S
Notes[edit]
- ^Alternate notations:
- ^Alternate notations:
- Hindustani: ṠṈPMRG̱RS
- Western: C B♭ G F D E♭ D C
- ^Alternate notations:
- Hindustani: ṠṈPDṈPMRG̱RS
- Western: C B♭ G A B♭ G F D E♭ D C
Sinhala Music Notations
Music Notations And Symbols
References[edit]
Musical Notations
- ^ abcdeRagas in Carnatic music by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications
- ^ abRaganidhi by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras