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a raga that closely resembles ''Revati'' is '' Bairagi Bhairav''.''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras It is said to evoke ''Karuṇa'' rasa (pathos). This scale has also been used in chanting

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Structure and Lakshana

''Revati'' is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain ''gāndhāram'' or ''dhaivatam''. It is a pentatonic scale (''audava-audava'' ragam''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications in Carnatic music classification – ''audava'' meaning 'of 5'). Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): * : * : (notes used in this scale are ''shuddha rishabham, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, kaisiki nishadham'') ''Revati'' is considered a ''janya'' rāgam of ''

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'', '' Vakulabharanam'' or '' Chakravakam'', by dropping both ''gāndhāram'' and ''dhaivatam''.

Popular compositions

''Revati'' rāgam lends itself for elaboration and exploration and has many compositions. Here are some popular '' kritis'' composed in ''Revati''. *''Mohana Vamshi'' by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna *''Jagannatha anatharakshaka'' by Subba Rao *''Nanati Baduku'' by

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Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam. In Japanese/Western music Revati corresponds to Insen scale

''Graha bhedam''

''Revati'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 2 other pentatonic rāgams, namely, ''

Shivaranjani Shivaranjani or Sivaranjani is a musical scale used in Indian classical music. There are two scales, one in Hindustani music and one in Carnatic music. The Hindustani rāga is a pentatonic scale, as is the Carnatic scale categorized as Audava ...

'' and '' Sunadavinodini''. ''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 '' Graha bhedam on Shivaranjani'' for more details and an illustration.

Scale similarities

*'' Madhyamāvati'' is a rāgam which has the ''chathusruthi rishabham'' in place of the ''shuddha rishabham''. Its ' structure is S R2 M1 P N2 S : S N2 P M1 R2 S

Notes

References

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