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, the classical music of

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'' with a meandering vakra scale. Typically performed at slow and medium speeds, it is capable of inducing moods of devotion, pathos and sadness in the listeners. ''Kāpi'' is different from the

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Structure and Lakshana

Kāpi is an audava-vakra sampoorna rāgam with an ascending pentatonic scale and a descending scale with seven notes, but not in a descending order. Use of Kakali Nishadam and Anthara Gandharam make it a Bhashanga Raagam. * : * : The presence of different ''nishāda'' swarās (N₂ and N₃) lends a distinctive quality to Kāpi, along with the fact that it uses a set of vakra swarās (N₂ D₂ N₂). There is also a mild presence of shuddha daivatham (D₁) that renders an invaluable feeling of devotion to the raagam. This, and the presence of Anthara Gandharam (G₃) makes it difficult to pinpoint the exact nature of the avarohana of the raagam. In the song Jagadhodharana composed by Sangeeta Pitamaha Sri Purandara Dasa, the note Suddha Dhaivatham (Dha1) also occurs as a foreign note(anya swara) Kapi ragam gives the feeling Devotion, Sentiment and happiness

Compositions

Some of the popular compositions in Kāpi are: * ''Jagadoddhārana Adisidaleshode'', ''Bannisi gopi'' - Purandaradasa * ''Mee Valla Gunadosha Memi, Intha Sowkhya'' - Thyagaraja * ''Venkatachalapate Ninu Nammiti'' - Muthuswami Dikshitar ** * ''Viharamanasa Rame'', ''Smarasi Pura'', ''Sree Madhavamanu'' -

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* ''Enna thavam seydanai Yashoda'' -

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* ''Bhaja maadhavam anisham'' - Mysore Vasudevacharya * ''Maya Gopabala'' - K C Kesava Pillai * ''Jaanaki ramana dasaratha nandana'' - Vanamaamalai Jeeyar Swami * ''Javo Mat Thum'' (Upaakhyanam) -

* ''Chinnanchiru Kiliye (First two stanzas)'' -

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* ''Kurai Ondrum Illai'' (''Two'' ''charanam'' ''verses'') - Chakravarti Rajagopalachari * ''Karthikeyanai'' -

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** Kāpi of Muthuswami Dikshitar is quite different from the traditional Kāpi and often cited as karNATaka Kāpi The Moorchana of Kāpi as per Venkatamakhin is S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S/ N2 D2 P M1 G2 G2 R2 S

Structure and Lakshana

Compositions

Film Songs

Language: Tamil

Notes

References