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-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 thaat'' 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 ( Mohanam in Carnatic)''.

Borrowed into Carnatic music

In Karnatic Music, this is a '' janya'' 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 Papanasam Sivan *''Antaryami Alasithi Solasithi'' - popular rendering of Annamacharya's krithi. *''Yamanelli Kanenendu'', ''Aluvudyatako Rangayya'' - popular renderings of Purandara Dasa's krithis. *''Va Velava'' composed by M D Ramanathan * The traditional Marathi '' Abhang'' - ''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 Mohammed Aziz & Anuradha Paudwal * ''Tere Ishq Mein Pagal Ho Gaya'' from '' Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai'', sung by Udit Narayan, Sapna Awasthi & Alka Yagnik

Related rāgams

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

Graha bhedam

''Shivaranjani's'' notes when shifted using '' Graha bhedam'', 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

* '' Mohanam'' 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 '' janya'' 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 Papanasam Sivan * ''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