Madhuvanti is a

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used in

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. It is a

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raga, which is reported to have been borrowed into

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,''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras and is structurally similar to Multani. This Raga is based on

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Thaat (Mode). It is a romantic raga based on the foundation,

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and colors of love. ''Madhu'' literally means ''honey''. It is a very sweet raga with a very simple philosophy of love and romance.

Hindustani music

Madhuvanti's

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are N S Mg M P N S'(Mg in meend) while ascending and all the swaras, S' N D P M g R S, in the descent. (notations M - , g-). Madhuvanti belongs to

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Time

Madhuvanti is played after 4 pm before 8 pm.

Rasa

Madhuvanti expresses a gentle loving sentiment. It depicts the sringaar rasa, used to express the love of an individual towards his or her beloved.

Carnatic music

''Madhuvanti'' is the

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raga of the 59th

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of Carnatic Music, ''

Dharmavati Dharmavati is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 59th ''Melakarta'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called ''Dhaamavati'' in Muthuswami Dikshitar school o ...

''.

Structure and Lakshana

Its structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows: * : * : The notes used are ''Chathusruthi Rishabham (R2), Sadharana Gandharam (G2), Prati Madhyamam (M2), Chathusruthi Dhaivatham (D2)'' and ''Kakali Nishadham (N3)''. Notations of Carnatic music and Hindustani music differ a little bit (see '' swaras in Carnatic music'' for details on above notation and terms). It is an ''audava-sampurna'' raga (5 notes in ascending and all 7 notes in descending scale).

Compositions

''Madhuvanti'' is a popular raga. This raga has been used to compose many ''tukadas'' (short compositions sung towards end of Carnatic music concert). It has also been used in Indian movie songs and music as it lends itself to lilting melodies.

Film Songs

Language:tamil

Notes

References

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