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Anandabhairavi - Ragapedia 12
Thyagaraja stopped composing in Anandabhairavi as a gift to a theatre performance he enjoyed watching which had a number in Anandabhairavi. The artist apparently wanted his name to be synonymous with ...
7 Years Ago
Chakravakam - Ragapedia 11
Chakravakam, whose equivalent in Hindustani is Ahir Bhairav, has the same scale as the former and it is only the usage of the notes and the gamakas applied to it that would differentiate the two ragas...
7 Years Ago
Kuntalavarali - Ragapedia 10
Kuntalavarali is a light raga - in carnatic music, one could classify a ragam that doesnt involve much gamakam in its grammer as light. I would even call it breezy. It is sung mostly with Madhyamam as...
7 Years Ago
Kedaragaula - Ragapedia 9
Kathakali starts with a large screen being drawn in front of the audience, behind which the decked up dancers would get into position. This is when the act is also inaugurated (invocation) by the vand...
7 Years Ago
Niroshta - Ragapedia 8
Harikesanallur Muthiah Bagavathar invented Niroshta (sans Pa and Ma) and composed a song, Raja raja radhithe. The speciality of the song is, even its lyrics with no bilabial syllable in it (i.e) udhad...
7 Years Ago
Natabhairavi
Natabhairavi has equivalents everywhere; Dikshitar literature is Naririthigowla, Hindustani is Asaveri, Western Classical is natural minor scale, Greek is Aeolian mode, Tamizh music is Padumalai Palai...
7 Years Ago
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