Kosalam (pronounced kōsalam) is a

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(musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 71st '' Melakarta'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music and is the ''prati madhyamam'' equivalent of '' Shoolini'', which is the 35th ''melakarta''. It is called Kusumākaram in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.''Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar Keertanaigal'' by Vidwan A Sundaram Iyer, Pub. 1989, Music Book Publishers, Mylapore, Chennai''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras

Structure and Lakshana

''Kosalam'' is the 5th rāgam in the 12th ''chakra Aditya''. The mnemonic name is ''Aditya-Ma''. The mnemonic phrase is ''sa ru gu mi pa dhi nu''. Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): * : * : (the scale's notes are ''shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham, kakali nishadham'') ''Kosalam'' is a ''melakarta'' rāgam and hence, by definition, it is a ''sampoorna'' rāgam (it has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale).

''Janya'' rāgams

''Kosalam'' has a '' janya'' rāgam (derived scale) associated with it. See List of ''janya'' rāgams for list of rāgams associated with ''Kosalam'' and other ''melakarta'' rāgams.

Compositions

A few compositions set to ''Kosalam'' rāgam are: *''Sri chakrapura vasini'' by Muthiah Bhagavatar *''Idi neeku nyayama'' by Mysore Vasudevachar *''Ubhaya kaveri'' by Veene Sheshanna *''Ka Guha Shanmukha'' by Koteeswara Iyer *''Ō ManasĀ muktiNi ganumu'' by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna Famous Movie song incorporating Kosalam is Sundari Kannal from Dalapathy movie in addition to Kalyani. The song Paarthene from Mookuthi Amman by Girishh Gopalakrishnan is also based on Kosalam.

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of ''Kosalam''. ''Kosalam's'' notes when shifted using '' Graha bhedam'', yields 3 other ''melakarta'' rāgams, namely, '' Keeravani'', '' Hemavati'' and '' Vakulabharanam''. ''Graha bhedam'' is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the ''shadjam'' to the next note in the rāgam. For further details and an illustration refer '' Graha bhedam on Keeravani''.

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References

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