Vasantha (raga)

For the Tamil film, seeVasantha Raagam.

Vasantha

Arohanam	SG₃M₁D₂N₃Ṡ
Avarohanam	ṠN₃D₂M₁G₃R₁S

Vasantha(pronounced vasantā) is aragainCarnatic music(musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is ajanyaraga ofSuryakantam,the 17thMelakartaraga.According to P|Subba Rao, majority opinion is that the raga is derived fromMayamalavagowla,the 15thMelakartaraga.

Vasanthais suitable to be sung in evening and is considered an auspicious raga.

Structure

Vasanthais an asymmetric scale that does not containpanchamam.It is called avakra audava-shadavaraga, malathigastructure is as follows (seeswarasin Carnatic musicfor details on below notation and terms):

• ārohaṇa:SG₃M₁D₂N₃Ṡ
• avarohaṇa:ṠN₃D₂M₁G₃R₁S

This scale uses the notes shadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadam.

Arohanam and avarohanam for Vasantha with tambura

Popular compositions

Vasanthahas ample scope foralapana.This scale has been used by many composers for compositions in classical music. Here are some popular compositions inVasantha.

• Ninne kori,a popularvarnamby Tecchur Singarachari
• Sitamma MayammabyTyagaraja
• BrihadambikayaiandRamachandram BhavayamibyMuthuswami Dikshitar
• Paramapurusha JagadeeshabySwathi Thirunal
• Malmaruga ShanmukhabyPapanasam Sivan
• Natanam AdinarbyGopalakrishna Bharathi'
• Rajeswarim SambhavayebyGanapathi SachchidanandaSwamiji
• Thom ThomenaandYoganrusimha Padâmbuja BrungabyKalyani Varadarajan
• Kodu bega DivyamathibyPurandara dasa
• Palisenna GopalakrishnaByJagannatha Dasa
• Maadhayai nidhi ennum by Papanasamsivan

Film Songs

Language:Tamil

Song	Movie	Composer	Singer
Vasantha Ruthu	Sivakavi	Papanasam Sivan	M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
Vandanam Vandanam	Vazhvey Maayam	Gangai Amaran	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Azhagiya Thirumugam	Brammacharigal	M. S. Viswanathan
Mani Osai Enna Sollutho	Naalum Therinthavan(1983)		S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,S. Janaki
Santhanam Poosum	Thudikkum Karangal	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Karmegam Oorgolam Pogum	Kalamellam Un Madiyil	Chandrabose
Rojaavai Thaalaattum Thendral (More Ragam Panthuvarali touches)	Ninaivellam Nithya	Illayaraja
Andhimazhai pozhigirathu	Raja Parvai
Maan Kanden	Raja Rishi		K.J. Yesudas,Vani Jairam
Nil Nil Nil pathil sol	Paattu Padava		Illayaraja,Uma Ramanan
Iravil Irandu Paravaigal(With raga Bhagyashree touches)	Soundaryame Varuga Varuga	Vijaya Bhaskar	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,Vani Jairam,P. Susheela,Jolly Abraham
Minsara Poove	Padayappa	A. R. Rahman	Srinivas,Nithyashree Mahadevan& Palakkad Sreeram
Idhayam	Kochadaiiyaan		Srinivas,Chinmayi
Vaa Kanmani	Rasathi Varum Naal	Vijay Anand	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,K. S. Chithra
Unnale Nenjam Raagam	En Pottukku Sonthakkaran	Deva	Mano,K. S. Chithra
Kanden Kanden	Pirivom Santhippom	Vidyasagar	Karthik,Shweta Mohan
Thaaye Enge	Anandhapurathu Veedu	Ramesh Krishna	Balaram

Language:Malayalam

Song	Movie	Composer	Singer
Sundari sundari	Aye Auto	Raveendran	M. G. Sreekumar
Parama purusha	Swathi Thirunal	M. B. Sreenivasan	K. J. Yesudas
Guruvayoor unnikannane	Aanachandam	Jaison Nair	Madhu Balakrishnan

Related ragas

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this raga.

Scale similarities

• Lalithais a popular raga that sounds very similar toVasantha.Lalithausesshuddha rishabhamin ārohaṇa also,while theshuddha dhaivatamis used in it, compared tochatusruti dhaivataminVasantha.