| Surutti | |
| Equivalent: | Mixolydian mode |
Surutti is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the janya ragam of 28th Melakarta rāgam Harikambhoji in the 72 melakarta rāgam system.[1] Subbarama Dikshitar classifies this a bhashanga raga.[2] Its a Vakra raga (Zig-zag raga scale with seven notes in Arohana and nine in Avarohana)
Parent scale this raga is equalent to Khamaj thaat of Hindustani Music.[3] [4] The Janaka raga of this raga is known as Harikedāragowla in the Muthuswami Dikshitar school of music.
The notes of this raga is equivalent to Mixolydian mode of Western music but note order is zig-zag.
Its structure is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
(notes used in this scale are chatushruti rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam chatushruti daivatam, kaishiki nishadham)
The Classical compositions in this rāgam:
Sri Venkatesa Girisham, Angarakam Ashrayamyaham, Balasubrahmanyam Bhajeham, Sri Vanchanatham by Muthuswami Dikshitar (Sanskrit)
Geetarthamu, Ramachandra Nee Daya, Verevvare Gati by Tyagaraja Swami (Telugu)
Thillai Ambalattanai by Gopalakrishna Bharathi (Tamil)
Manamalar Alithu by Thanjavur Shankara Iyer (Tamil)
Parvai Ondre Podhume (Tamil), Kathaya Kathaya Rasane (Sanskrit) by Oothukadu Venkatasubbaiyer
Kaana Venum by Arunachala Kavirayar (Tamil)
Sivaperuman Kripai by Papanasam Sivan (Tamil)
Padam - Alarsara Parithapam - Jalajabandhu (Malayalam) by Maharaja Swati Tirunal
Varnam - Entho Prema (Telugu) by Pallavi Gopala Iyer
Chouka Varnam - Samiyentani (Telugu) by Subbarama Dikshitar
InthaKante ghanamika ledu by Annamacharya (Telugu)
| Song | Movie | Language | Composer | Lyricist | Singer | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alarshara Parithaapam | Kuttyedathi | Malayalam | M S Baburaj | Swathi Thirunal | Kalamandalam Saraswathi, Machad Vasanthi | [5] | |
| Alarshara Parithaapam | Swathi Thirunal | Malayalam | M B Sreenivasan | Swathi Thirunal | K J Yesudas, B Arundhathi |