Kamavardhani (pronounced kāmavardhini – కామవర్ధిని/ ಕಾಮವರ್ಧಿನಿ/ காமவர்தினி / कामवर्धिनि) is a

raga A raga ( ; , ; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a musical mode, melodic mode. It is central to classical Indian music. Each raga consists of an array of melodic structures with musical motifs; and, fro ...

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Carnatic music Carnatic music (known as or in the Dravidian languages) is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and southern Odisha. It is o ...

(musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 51st ''

Melakarta Mēḷakartā is a collection of fundamental musical scales ( ragas) in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music). ''Mēḷakartā'' ragas are parent ragas (hence known as ''janaka'' ragas) from which other ragas may be derived. A ''melaka ...

'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is also referred by the name ''Pantuvarāḷi.''''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications This rāgam is very popular with musicians who typically sing it in the beginning of a concert. It is called Kāshirāmakriya in the

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school. The

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equivalent of ''Kamavardhini'' is the '' Poorvi thaat''/

Puriya Dhanashree Puriya Dhanashree is a raga in Hindustani classical music. It belongs to the Purvi thaat and has been derived from the defining raga of that thaat – Raga Purvi. The notes of Puriya Danashree correspond, in Western terms, to the double harmo ...

.''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 3rd rāgam in the 9th ''chakra Brahma''. The mnemonic name is ''Brahma-Go''. The mnemonic phrase is ''sa ra gu mi pa dha nu''. Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): * : * : (the notes in this scale are ''shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, prathi madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, kakali nishadham'') It is a ''sampoorna'' rāgam – a rāgam that has all seven ''

swara Swara () or svara is an Indian classical music term that connotes simultaneously a breath, a vowel, a note, the sound of a musical note corresponding to its name, and the successive steps of the octave, or ''saptanka''. More comprehensively ...

s'' (notes). This rāgam differs from the 15th ''melakarta'' rāgam ''

Mayamalavagowla Mayamalavagowla (pronounced ) is a raga of Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is classified as 15th '' melakarta'' raga under Venkatamakhin's '' melakarta'' system. Originally known as ''malavagowla'', "maya" was p ...

'', which is the rāgam taught to a beginner in Carnatic music, only by the ''madhyamam''. ''Kamavardhani'' is the ''prati madhyamam'' equivalent of ''Mayamalavagowla''.

''Janya'' rāgams

It has a few minor ''

janya ''Janya'' is a term meaning "derive". In Carnatic (South Indian) music a ''janya raga'' is one derived from one of the 72 '' melakarta'' ragas (fundamental melodic structures). ''Janya'' ragas are classified into various types based on a vari ...

'' rāgams (derived scales) associated with it. See List of ''janya'' rāgams for full list of rāgams associated with it.

Popular compositions

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)'' –

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Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam. ''Kamavardani's'' notes when shifted using ''

Graha bhedam ''Graha Bhedam'' in Carnatic music is the process (or result of the process) of shifting the Tonic (music), Tonic note (''Śruti (music), śruti'') to another note in the rāgam and arriving at a different rāgam. Its equivalent in Hindustani cl ...

'', yields ''

Kanakangi Kanakangi (pronounced kanakāngi, meaning ''the golden bodied one'') is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 1st ''Melakarta'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is ...

'' (the 1st ''melakarta''). ''Graha bhedam'' is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the ''shadjam'' to the next note in the rāgam. See further details and an illustration of '' Graha bhedam on Kanakangi''. It tends to sound similar to, and is often mistaken for, another ragam called Purvikalyani.

Notes

References

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