Vakulabharanam (pronounced ) is a

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 ...

m 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 ...

(musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 14th ''

melakarta Mēḷakartā is a collection of fundamental musical scales ( ragas) in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music). ''Mēḷakartā'' ragas are parent ragas (hence known as ''janaka'' ragas) from which other ragas may be derived. A ''melaka ...

'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Dhātivasantabhairavi''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras or Vātivasantabhairavi in

Muthuswami Dikshitar Muthuswami Dikshitar (Mudduswamy Dikshitar) (, 24 March 1776 – 21 October 1835), mononymously Dikshitar, was a South Indian poet, singer, veena player, and a prolific composer of Indian classical music. He was the youngest member of what is re ...

school of Carnatic music. Hindustani equivalent of this ragam is raga basant mukhari

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 2nd rāgam in the 3rd ''chakra Agni''. The mnemonic name is ''Agni-Sri''. The mnemonic phrase is ''sa ri ga ma pa dha ni''. Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): * : * : ''Shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham'' and '' kaisiki nishadham'' are the ''swaras'' used in this scale. As this scale is a ''melakarta'' rāgam, by definition it is a ''sampoorna'' rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the ''shuddha madhyamam'' equivalent of '' '', which is the 50th ''melakarta'' scale.

Asampurna Melakarta

Vātivasantabhairavi is the 14th ''Melakarta'' in the original list compiled by

Venkatamakhin Venkatamakhin (; ) or Venkatamakhi, was an Indian poet, musician, and musicologist of Carnatic music. He is renowned for his ''Chaturdandiprakashika'' in which he explicates the Melakarta (asampurna scheme), melakarta system of classifying rag ...

. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the descending scale has notes used in zig-zag manner (''vakra prayoga'').Shree Muthuswami Dikshitar Keerthanaigal, by A Sundaram Iyer, Music Book Publishers, Mylapore, Chennai * : * :

''Janya'' rāgams

''Vakulabharanam'' has a few minor ''

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 ...

'' rāgams (derived scales) associated with it, of which ''Vasantabhairavi'' is heard occasionally in concerts. See List of ''janya'' rāgams for full list of rāgams associated with ''Vakulabharanam''.

Compositions

Here are a few common compositions sung in concerts, set to ''Vakulabharanam''. *''Gowrinatham'' by Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi *''Ye ramuni nammitino'' by

Thyagaraja Sadguru Tyagaraja Swami ( Telugu: సద్గురు త్యాగరాజ స్వామి; 4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847), also known as Tyagayya, and in full as Kakarla Tyagabrahmam ( Telugu: కాకర్ల త్యాగబ ...

*''Nambinen ayya'' by

Koteeswara Iyer Koteeswara Iyer (1869 - 1938), was a pioneer composer of Indian classical music Carnatic music. He was a grandson of Kavi Kunjara Bharati(1810–1896) attributing to a strong lineage of accomplished musicians. He was born in Nandhanur to Nagarat ...

*''Rama namamai'' by

Mysore Vasudevachar Mysore Vasudevacharya (28 May 1865 – 17 May 1961) was an Indian musician and composer of Carnatic music compositions who belonged to the direct line of Thyagaraja's disciples. Vasudevachar's compositions (numbering over 200) were mostly in Telu ...

*''KumĀruni valenu kĀvavĒ'' by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna *''Saadhu tada'', a composition by Maharaja Swati Tirunal of Travancore, tuned by Prince Rama Varma. *''Paripaahimaam siddhivinayaka'' by Mysuru Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar

Film songs

Language:
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Janya:Surya/Srothoswini Ragam

Ascending: S G3 M1 D1 N2 S Descending:S N2 D1 M1 G3 S

Film Songs:
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Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam. ''Vakulabharanam'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 major ''melakarta'' rāgams, namely '' Keeravani'' and '' Hemavati'' along with 1 minor ''melakarta'' rāgam ''

Kosalam Kosalam (pronounced kōsalam) is a ragam 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, Karnat ...

''. For further details and an illustration refer '' Graha bhedam on Keeravani''. Vakulabharanam corresponds to

Phrygian dominant scale In music, the Phrygian dominant scale (or the Phrygian ♮3 scale) is the actual fifth musical mode, mode of the harmonic minor scale, the fifth being the dominant (music), dominant.Dave Hunter (2005). ''Play Acoustic'', San Francisco: Backbeat, p ...

in Western music.

Notes

References

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