Amritha Kalyani Explained

Amritha Kalyani

Amritha Kalyani is a rāga in Carnatic music[1] (musical scale of South Indian classical music) created by music composer [2] who has created many ragas.[3] [4] It is the Janya raga of 65th melakarta rāgam Mechakalyani in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.

It is equivalent to Lydian mode of western music but the second and sixth note is omitted in ascending. This rāgam is also named as Amrith Kalyan Hindustani music.

Structure and Lakshana

Amritha Kalyani is an asymmetric rāgam does not contain rishabham and dhaivatam in the ascending scale. It is an audava-sampurna rāgam (or owdava rāgam, meaning pentatonic ascending scale). Its structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows.

The notes used in this scale are shadjam, chatushūruti rishabam, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, chatushruti dhaivatam, kakali nishadam in the ascending, chatushruti rishabham and chatushruti daivatam added in descending scale. It is a audava - sampurna rāgam

Compositions

The composition in this rāgam

Achyutam Keshavam - composed by Mahesh Mahadev, sung by Priyadarshini

Ragapravaham - Ganesh Kumaresh

References

  1. Web site: 2021-08-10 . Bengaluru composer creating new ragas . 2023-01-13 . Deccan Herald . en.
  2. Web site: Pinto . Arun . 2023-01-19 . Sri Tyagaraja - a New Raga in Carnatic Music by Mahesh Mahadev . 2023-01-24 . News Karnataka . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2021-07-17 . Amritha Kalyani - A Raga created by Mahesh Mahadev . 2023-01-21 . en-US.
  4. Book: Bharatiya Samagana Sabha . Saamagana Indian Classical Music Magazine July 2018 - India's Monthly Classical Music Magazine . 2018-07-09.