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Vasantha (raga)

{{Short description|A Janya raga of Carnatic music}}

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{{For|the Tamil film|Vasantha Raagam}}

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| arohanam = {{svaraC|S|G3|M1|D2|N3|S'}}

| avarohanam = {{svaraC|S'|N3|D2|M1|G3|R1|S}}

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| chhaya =

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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.Ragas in Carnatic music by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications According to P|Subba Rao, majority opinion is that the raga is derived from Mayamalavagowla, the 15th Melakarta raga.Raganidhi by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras

Vasantha is suitable to be sung in evening and is considered an auspicious raga.

Structure

Vasantha is an asymmetric scale that does not contain panchamam. It is called a vakra audava-shadava raga, malathiga structure is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):

  • ārohaṇa : {{svaraC|S|4=M1|3=G3| 5=D2|6=N3|7=S'|foot=yes}}
  • avarohaṇa : {{svaraC|S'|N3|D2|M1|G3|R1|S|foot=yes}}

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.

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Popular compositions

Vasantha has ample scope for alapana. This scale has been used by many composers for compositions in classical music. Here are some popular compositions in Vasantha.

Film Songs

= Language:[[Tamil language|Tamil]] =

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!Song

!Movie

!Composer

!Singer

Vasantha Ruthu

|Sivakavi

|Papanasam Sivan

|M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar

Vandanam Vandanam

|Vazhvey Maayam

|Gangai Amaran

|rowspan=2|S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Azhagiya Thirumugam

|Brammacharigal

|rowspan=2|M. S. Viswanathan

Mani Osai Enna Sollutho

|Naalum Therinthavan(1983)

|rowspan=5|S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,S. Janaki

Santhanam Poosum

|Thudikkum Karangal

|S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Karmegam Oorgolam Pogum

|Kalamellam Un Madiyil

|Chandrabose

Rojaavai Thaalaattum Thendral

(More Ragam Panthuvarali touches)

|Ninaivellam Nithya

|rowspan="4"|Illayaraja

Andhimazhai pozhigirathu

|Raja Parvai

Maan Kanden

|Raja Rishi

|K. J. Yesudas, Vani Jairam

Nil Nil Nil pathil sol

|Paattu Padava

|Illayaraja, Uma Ramanan

Iravil Irandu Paravaigal(With raga Bhagyashree touches)

|Soundaryame Varuga Varuga

|Vijaya Bhaskar

|S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam, P. Susheela, Jolly Abraham

Minsara Poove

|Padayappa

|rowspan="2"|A. R. Rahman

|Srinivas, Nithyashree Mahadevan & Palakkad Sreeram

Vaa Kanmani

|Rasathi Varum Naal

|Vijay Anand

|S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra

Unnale Nenjam Raagam

|En Pottukku Sonthakkaran

|Deva

|Mano,K. S. Chithra

Kanden Kanden

|Pirivom Santhippom

|Vidyasagar

|Karthik, Shweta Mohan

Thaaye Enge

|Anandhapurathu Veedu

|Ramesh Krishna

|Balaram

= Language:[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] =

class="wikitable"

!Song

!Movie

!Composer

!Singer

Sundari sundari

|Aye Auto

|Raveendran

|M. G. Sreekumar

Parama purusha

|Swathi Thirunal

|M. B. Sreenivasan

|K. J. Yesudas

Guruvayoor unnikannane

|Aanachandam

|Jaison Nair

|Madhu Balakrishnan

Related ragas

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this raga.

=Scale similarities=

  • Lalitha is a popular raga that sounds very similar to Vasantha. Lalitha uses shuddha rishabham in ārohaṇa also, while the shuddha dhaivatam is used in it, compared to chatusruti dhaivatam in Vasantha.

Notes

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References

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Category:Janya ragas