Vasantha (raga)
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| Avarohanam | Ṡ N₃ D₂ M₁ G₃ R₁ S |
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Vasantha (pronounced vasantā) is a raga in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a janya raga of Suryakantam, the 17th Melakarta raga.[1] According to P|Subba Rao, majority opinion is that the raga is derived from Mayamalavagowla, the 15th Melakarta raga.[2]
Vasantha is suitable to be sung in evening and is considered an auspicious raga.[1]
Structure
[edit]Vasantha is an asymmetric scale that does not contain panchamam. It is called a vakra audava-shadava raga, malathiga[1] structure is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
This scale uses the notes shadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadam. Some claim that Vasantha had only D1 and not D2 originally.