Vasantha (raga)
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Vasantha(pronounced vasantā) is aragainCarnatic music(musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is ajanyaraga ofSuryakantam,the 17thMelakartaraga.[1]According to P|Subba Rao, majority opinion is that the raga is derived fromMayamalavagowla,the 15thMelakartaraga.[2]
Vasanthais suitable to be sung in evening and is considered an auspicious raga.[1]
Structure
[edit]Vasanthais an asymmetric scale that does not containpanchamam.It is called avakra audava-shadavaraga, malathiga[1]structure is as follows (seeswarasin Carnatic musicfor details on below notation and terms):
This scale uses the notes shadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadam.
Popular compositions
[edit]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
- Vade Venkatadri Meedaby Annamaacharya
Film Songs
[edit]Song | Movie | Composer | Singer |
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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
[edit]This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this raga.
Scale similarities
[edit]- Lalithais a popular raga that sounds very similar toVasantha.[1][2]Lalithausesshuddha rishabhamin ārohaṇa also,[2]while theshuddha dhaivatamis used in it, compared tochatusruti dhaivataminVasantha.[1]