Raga

A Raga in Carnatic music generally refers to the combination of appropriate swaras in the sequential order. https://www.spardhaschoolofmusic.com/blog/72-melakarta-ragas-and-its-structure Prerequisites for Melakarta ragas in the scheme:

  1. A ‘Melakarta raga’ must have Shadja (S) and Panchama (P), either one of the ‘Madhyama’ variants, either one of the variants of ‘Rishabha’ and ‘Gandhara’, either one of the variants of ‘Daivatha’ and ‘Nishadha’.
  2. A raga should have all the 7 swaras in the ‘Arohana’ and ‘Avarohana’ that is in the ascending and descending scale.
  3. The swaras must appear in a linear fashion to fulfill the requirement or eligible to be part of the system.
  1. பூர்விகல்யாணி
  2. Sriranjani vs Abhogi https://youtube.com/shorts/8cwAmslcl4s
  3. Asaveri

12 Raga for each month of 2023 https://youtube.com/shorts/S1uap_bHOLM