Mohanakalyani is a

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(musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a ''

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'' rāgam (derived scale) from the 65th '' melakarta'' scale Mechakalyani. It is a ''janya'' scale, as it does not have all the seven ''

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s'' (musical notes) in the ascending scale. It is a combination of the pentatonic scale '' Mohanam'' and the Melakarta raga scale '' Kalyani''.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications This ragam can be considered as a Prati Madhyamam equivalent of Bilahari, the janya of 29th Melakartha Dheerashankarabharanam. The equivalent of ''Mohanakalyani'' in

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is ''Bhoop Kalyan'' or ''Shuddha Kalyan''.''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras ''Bhoop Kalyan'' belongs to the ''Kalyan'' thaat of Hindustani music. Similar to ''Mohanakalyani'', ''Bhoop Kalyan'' is a combination of '' Bhoop'' and ''

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Structure and Lakshana

''Mohanakalyani'' is an asymmetric rāgam that does not contain ''madhyamam'' or ''nishādham'' in the ascending scale. It is an ''audava-sampurna'' rāgam (or ''owdava'' rāgam, meaning pentatonic ascending scale). Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows: * : * : The notes used in this scale are ''shadjamam, chathusruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, panchamam'' and ''chathusruthi dhaivatham'' in ascending scale, with ''kakali nishadham'' and ''prati madhyamam'' included in descending scale. For the details of the notations and terms, see ''swaras'' in Carnatic music.

Popular compositions

A few compositions have been set to ''Mohanakalyani'' rāgam. Here are some popular '' kritis'' composed in ''Mohanakalyani''. *''Sangeetha Samrajya Sancharini'' by Bengaluru Ramamurthy Rao *''Seve Srikantham'' by Maharaja Swati Tirunal *''Siddhi Vinayakam Seveham'' and ''Bhuvaneshwariya'' by Muthiah Bhagavatar *''Sri Dharma Shastharam'' by Thulaseevanam R. Ramachandran Nair *''Thaka Thajanu Theemtha'', a

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, by

Lalgudi Jayaraman Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman (17 September 1930 – 22 April 2013) was an Indian Carnatic violinist, vocalist and composer. He is commonly grouped with M.S. Gopalakrishnan and T.N.Krishnan as part of the violin trinity of Carnatic mu ...

*''Aadinaye Kanna'' by Ambujam Krishna sung by M. L. Vasanthakumari *''Tamaddam Taggadaiyya'' by Lalgudi Gopala Iyer *''Hariya Bhajane Mado'' and ''Baro Murari'' by Vadiraja Tirtha

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Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Scale similarities

*''Mohanam'' has a symmetric pentatonic scale, with the notes same as the ascending scale of ''Mohanakalyani''. Its ' structure is S R2 G3 P D2 S : S D2 P G3 R2 S *''Bilahari'' is a rāgam which has the ''shuddha madhyamam'' in descending scale (descending scale of '' Shankarabharanam'') in place of the ''prati madhyamam''. Its ' structure is S R2 G3 P D2 S : S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S

Notes

References

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