Shivaranjani or Sivaranjani is a musical scale used in Indian classical music. There are two scales, one in

Hindustani music Hindustani classical music is the Indian classical music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions. It may also be called North Indian classical music or ''Uttar Bhartiya shastriya sangeet''. The term ''shastriya sangeet'' ...

and one in

Carnatic music Carnatic music (known as or in the Dravidian languages) is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and southern Odisha. It is o ...

. The Hindustani

rāga A raga ( ; , ; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a musical mode, melodic mode. It is central to classical Indian music. Each raga consists of an array of melodic structures with musical motifs; and, fro ...

is a pentatonic scale, as is the Carnatic scale categorized as Audava-Audava (''audava'' meaning 'of 5') resulting in 5 notes in the Arohanam and 5 in the Avarohanam.

Hindustani scale

The Hindustani rāga ''Shivaranjani'' belongs to the '' Kaafi

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'' in terms of classification of the scale.''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras Its structure is as follows: * : * : The ''komal''(soft) ''gandhar''(g) in place of ''shuddh gandhar'' (G) is the difference between this rāga and the global musical scale of '' Bhoop/Bhupali (

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in Carnatic)''.

Borrowed into Carnatic music

In Karnatic Music, this is a ''

janya ''Janya'' is a term meaning "derive". In Carnatic (South Indian) music a ''janya raga'' is one derived from one of the 72 '' melakarta'' ragas (fundamental melodic structures). ''Janya'' ragas are classified into various types based on a vari ...

'' rāga (derived scale) from 22nd mela-kartha raga Kharaharapriya. It is a ''audava-audava'' rāgam in Carnatic music classification (i.e., a ragam that has five notes in both its arohana and avarohana). Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) using ''swaras'' in Carnatic music notation is as follows: * : * : (the variant notes used in this scale are ''chathusruthi rishabham, sadharana gandharam, chathusruthi dhaivatham'' other than the invariants ''shadjam'' and ''panchamam'')

Popular compositions

* The opening stanza of ''Kurai ondrum illai'' based on lyrics of Rajaji *''Andavan Ambe'' composed by

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*''Antaryami Alasithi Solasithi'' - popular rendering of

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's krithi. *''Yamanelli Kanenendu'', ''Aluvudyatako Rangayya'' - popular renderings of

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's krithis. *''Va Velava'' composed by M D Ramanathan * The traditional Marathi ''

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'' - ''Majhi Dev Puja'' too has a popularized version of it, in this raga.

Film songs

Tamil

Hindi

* ''Teri Payal Baji Jahan'' from '' Bade Ghar Ki Beti'', sung by

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* ''Tere Ishq Mein Pagal Ho Gaya'' from '' Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai'', sung by

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Related rāgams

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

Graha bhedam

''Shivaranjani'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, '' Sunadavinodini'' and '' Revati''. ''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

* ''

'' is a popular rāgam which has the ''antara gandharam'' in place of ''sadharana gandharam''. Its ' structure is S R2 G3 P D2 S : S D2 P G3 R2 S * ''Pahadi Raag'' is technically a Cross-Breed of ''Mohanam'' and Shivaranjani, as it has both ''antara gandharam'' and ''sadharana gandharam'' * '' Abhogi'' is a popular rāgam which has the ''shuddha madhyamam'' in place of ''panchamam''. Its ' structure is S R2 G2 M1 D2 S : S D2 M1 G2 R2 S

Carnatic scale

The Carnatic scale ''Shivaranjani'' is a ''

'' rāgam (derived scale) associated with the 64th parent scale '' Vachaspati'' (''melakarta''). It has ''vakra prayoga'' (zig-zag notes in its scale and note phrases) and its scale is as follows.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications * : * :

Compositions

The compositions in this scale are: * ''Andavan anbe'' and ''Tarunamidaya dayai'' composed by

* ''Maha Tripura Sundari'' Varnam composed by Madurai R. Muralidaran

Notes

References

External links

Film Songs in Rag Shivaranjani (Hindustani)
{{Rāgas as per Performance Time Hindustani ragas Janya ragas (kharaharapriya) Janya ragas