anotehr write up on the Raga....

[Rakesh Chitradurga]

Hi

Here is a introductory write up on the Raga ...

http://w3.one.net/~rakesh/personal/music/raga.htm
Enjoy !!

Rakesh

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[shank...@my-deja.com]

Hi ,
There is atleast one exception I know to the following statement :

The notes Ma and Pa cannot be absent from a Raga at the same time

There is a raga called Niroshta ( apparently it means people who don't
meet) , hence Ma and Pa ( Where Lips meet) are absent. This is a very
rare and mundane example. This ragam was discovered by a South Indian
composer of 20th century named Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar. He
has done a krithi also on this one.

Thanks,

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[sand...@my-deja.com]

There an exception to the minimum number of notes allowed in a ragam. It
was created by Balamurali Krishna and called Lavangi. It has only four
notes - s r m d. the composition is "Omkara karini". He has also
composed a ragam that has only 3 notes! I forget what it's called. It
would be nice if anyone could refresh my memory.

Also it would be nice if Shankaran could post the arohana and avrohana
of Niroshta.

sandhya

[SSSF]

All Shankarabharanam notes....S R G D N S and down. The krithi is Raj Raj
Radhika I think. North Indians refer to Niroshta as Adhbut Kalyan.

Rajan & Sajan performed a 3 note raag on one of their CDs....a rare
exception.

Amitava

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[Ashwin K. Iyer]

The aarohana of Niroshta is S R2 G3 D2 N3
The avarohana of Niroshta is S N3 D2 G3 R2

I recall T.N. Seshagopalan singing a composition of Harikeshanallur
Muthiah Bhagavathar in this raga in a commercial recording.

Best regards,

Ashwin

[V N Muthu Kumar]

"Ashwin K. Iyer" wrote:
>
> The aarohana of Niroshta is S R2 G3 D2 N3
> The avarohana of Niroshta is S N3 D2 G3 R2
>
> I recall T.N. Seshagopalan singing a composition of Harikeshanallur
> Muthiah Bhagavathar in this raga in a commercial recording.
>

The Kriti is "Raja raja..". The entire Kriti is "Niroshta", i.e., all
the words in the Kriti can be pronounced without the lips closing. The
story goes (Source S. Ramanathan) that the Maharaja of Mysore was
suffering from intense stomach ache and all the artistes in his court
were suitably worried. When someone asked Muthiah Bhagavathar about it,
he said, " Yes, I went to the temple and smiled at the Goddess" (in
Tamil, "AmbAlidam pallai kAttinEn") implying he composed this Niroshta
song.
This particular construct (Niroshta) is quite common in Tamil poetry
too.
muthu
Nur der BvB
Berti Vogts - Nein, Danke

[Lakshman Ragde]

There are several ragas with only 4 notes in aroha and avaroha. Here are
some from the Shuddhamadhyama melas:
Madhupati (8) - S G P D S; S D P G S
Jnanayurti (9) - S G P N S; S N P G S
Bhutanatha (10) - S G P D S; S D P G S
Avikarai (11) - S G P D S; S N P M S
Anakadundubi (14) - S R G P S; S N P M S
Malini (14) - S G P D S; S D P G S
Tannava (14) - S G P N S; S N P G S
Chapagantarva (20) - S G M D S; D M G R S
Chaturanana (28) - S G M D S; S D M G S
Mahati (28) - S G D N S; S N P G S
Mattakoki (28) - S R P D N; D P R S
Mattakokila (28) - S R P D S; S D P R S
Ekamba (29) - S G P D S; S D P G S
Nagahindola (33) - S G M P S; S N P R S