MELAKARTA SCHEME

Simple scheme

S R1 R2 G1 G2 M1 M2 P D1 D2 N1 N2 S

---------------------------------------------------------

MELAKARTHA PARENT RAGAMS WILL HAVE

S R G M P D N S

both in ascending and descending travel

---------------------------------------------------------

Actually, it is just mathematical.

And so, some of the parent scales have r1 r2, g1 g2, di d2 and n1 n2 in succession. This is not desirable and such scales are known as Vivadi meLas. The number of such Vivadi MeLas is quite large! ( 40 out of 72).

-------------------------------------------------------

The great thing about Hindusthani Music is that all its TEN parent scales are non-vivadi!

It may be the reason why HM ragams are more pleasing and emotive.

======================================

A careful analysis of the ragas used by the TRINITY ( Shyama Sastry, Thyagaraja Swami, and Muthuswami Dikshithar, will reveal the fact that most of their songs are based on non-vivadi scales.

Vey few , just as a show of creativity, are based on vivadi-scales.

VARALI and NAATTAI are famous ragams in CM, THOUGH THEY ARE VIVADI SCALES but they are exceptions.

------------------------------

Non-Vivadi scales are shown in bold-blue.

Vivadi scales are shown in light red.

=========================

Thyagaraja Swami had a preference for non-vivadi scales in the first 32 scales ( suddhha Madhyamam) (M1).

Such scales are

TODI

DENUKA

MAYAMALAVAGOWLA

HARIKAMBODHI

KARAHARAPRIYA

SANKARABARANAM

-------------------------------------------------------

SHYAMA SASTRI used only about 25 ragams.

and his 70 songs are mostly in Kalyani ( M2-group).

--------------------------------------------------------

DIKSHITAR had composed a lot of songs in SANKARABARANAM ( M1 group).

================================

------------------------------------

indu chakra

===========

1) kanakangi

2) ratnangi

3)ganamurthi

4) vanaspathi

5)manavathi

6) tanarupi

============================

netra chakra

============

7)senavathi

8) hanumath thodi

9) denuka

10)natakapriya

11) kokilapriya

12) roopavathi

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

agni chakram

=============

13) gayakapriya

14) vakulabaranam

15) mayamalavagowla

16) chakravakam

17)suryakantham

18) hatakambari

------------------------------

veda chakram

--------------

19) jankaradhvani

20) natabairavi

21) keervani

22) karaharapriya

23) gowrimanohari

24) varunapriya

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

ana chakra

------------

25) mararanjani

26) charukesi

27) sarasangi

28) harikambodhi

29) sankarabaranam

30) naganandhini

--------------------------------------

rituchakra

----------

31) yagapriya

32) ragavardhini

33) gangeyabooshani

34) vagatheswari

35) shoolini

36) chala naattai

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

prati madhyamam

*****************

rishi chakram

---------------

37) salagam

38) jalamavam

39) jala varali

40) navaneetham

41) pavani

42) ragupriya

--------------------------------

vasu chakram

-------------

43) gavambodhi

44) bavapriya

45) subapanthuvarali

46) shadvitha margani

47) suvarnanbi

48) divyamani

--------------------------------

===========================

bramma chakra

-------------

49) davalambari

50) namanarayani

51) kamavardhini

52) ramapriya

53) gamanasrama

54) viswambari

-------------------------------------

disi chakra

-----------

55) shamalangi

56) shanmugapriya

57) simmendra madhyamam

58) hemavathi

59) dharmavathi

60) neethimathi

------------------------------------

==============================

rudra chakra

------------

61) kantamani

62) rishbapriya

63) lathangi

64) vachaspathi

65) kalyani

66) chitambari

-------------------------------------

adithyachakra

------------

67) sucharithra

68) jothiswarupini

69) datuvardani

70) nasikabooshani

71) kosalam

72) rasikapriya

============================

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@