Abheri Ragam

arohan : Sa Ga2 Ma1 Pa Ni2 Sa
avarohan : Sa Ni2 Dha2 Pa Ma1 Ga2 Re2 Sa

Its Jenya Ragam of 22nd(ie Kharaharapriya Ragam) Ragam.
Malayalam film songs like "kodakuzhal viliketto radhe" from film
"Nevedhyam","oru rathri kude vidavangave" from film "summer in
bethelehem","Nagumo omukanale" classical song from film
"Chithram","oru poovidhalil neru punchiriyil" from film "Agnidevan"
etc, all thses songs are based on this Ragam.

National Anthem-- India--Notes

Our national anthem is composed based on
Shankarabharnam ragam. i.e., Major scale notes.


s r g m p d n' s'(ie , sa re2 ga2 ma1 pa dha2 ni2 sa)


n. = ni2(base note) [B]
s = sa [C]
r = re2 [D]
g = ga2 [E]
m = ma1 [F]
p = pa [G]
d = dha2 [A]
n' = ni2(high pitch) [B]
s. = sa (high pitch) [C]

And here '-' symbol represents continue of that note
eg: sa- means note sa is played for 2 talam.
Here in [ ] bracket corresponding western notes is
represented.So the one who knows westen music can play
national anthem by seeing this carnatic notes.

Jana-Gana-Mana-Adhinayaka, Jaya He

sa re ga ga ga ga ga ga ga- ga ga re ga ma

Bharata-Bhagya- Vidhata

ga- ga ga re re re ni. re sa


Punjab-Sindhu-Gujarata-Maratha

sa pa-pa pa-pa pa pa pa-pa pa pa- pa-

Dravida- Utkala- Banga

ma-ma ma ma-ma ga re ma ga

Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna- Ganga

ga- ga ga ga- ga ga pa pa pa- ma- ma

Uchchhala-Jaladhi Taranga

ga- ga ga re- re re ni.re sa

Tava Subha Name Jage

sa re ga ga ga-ga re ga ma-

Tava Subha Ashisa Mage

ga ma pa pa pa-ma ga re ma ga-

Gahe Tava Jaya Gatha.

ga-ga re re re re ni.re sa


Jana-Gana-Mangala Dayaka, Jaya He

pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa-pa pa pa pa pa-

Bharata- Bhagya- Vidhata,

ma- ma ma ma-ma ga re ma ga

Jaya He, Jaya He, Jaya He,

ni'ni' sa'- dha dha ni' pa pa dha

Jaya Jaya Jaya, Jaya He

sa- re- ga- re ga ma-

Andholika Raga

arohan :sa re2 ma1 pa ni2 sa
avarohan :sa ni2 dha2 ma1 re2 sa

Here ga note in not there in both arohana and avarohana.It belongs to 22 nd jenya raga(kharahara priya raga).The classical song "Raga sudha rasaa panamucheesi" composed by Sri Tyagaraja swami is based on this raga.This raga is also called Mayuradhvani

Pushpalathika - Raga

arohan :sa re2 ga1 ma1 pa ni1 sa
avarohan :sa ni1 pa ma1 ga1 re2 sa

This is 22 nd jenya ragam(ie it fall in Kharaharapriya raga)......

Malayalam film song composed by Ravendran mash "Kalabham tharam bhagavane"
from film "Vadakkumnadhan" is based on this ragam

Yamuna Kalyani Raga

arohan :sa re2 ga2 pa ma2 pa dha2 sa
avarohan :sa dha2 pa ma2 pa ga2 re2 sa

This raga is 65 th jenya ragam.....(ie kalyani ragam)
Classical songs like "Krishna ne begane" .....
"Sreela vasantham" from malayalam film "Nandhanam"....
"janaki jane" from film "Dhwani"....
"Oru vakku mindathy" frommalayalam film "July 4"...
all composed based on this raga.

Mecha Kalyani Raga

arohan : sa re2 ga3 ma2 pa dha2 ni3 sa
avarohan : sa ni3 dha2 pa ma2 ga3 re2 sa

This raga is called Kalyani.....Its 65 th Melakartha ragam.
Different malayalam film songs like "oru kathilola njan" from film "Vettom"
"kannadi adyam aii enn " from film "Sargam"....
"Mounam swaram aii" from film "Aayushkaalam"...
"Velli nela tullikalo kan" from film "Varnapakittu"....
and an Album song "Sundariye va" from album "Chempakame"....
all composed based on this ragam.

Nelambari Raga

arohan : sa re2 ga2 ma1 pa dha2 pa ni2 sa
avaraohan: sa ni2 pa ma1 ga2 re2 ga2 sa

This raga is 29 th jenya ragam(ie dhera shankarabharanam).Its called sleeping raga.........
eg: songs are malayalam famous "tarattu pattu" ie "omanathinkal kidavooo nalla" is composed on this raga.malayalam film song "pani neer chandreke eni e pookavil" from film "Kilukam","mukile mukile ne" from film "keerthi chakra" all these songs are based on this raga.......

Irayiman Thampi composed the song "omana thinkal kidavo " based on this Raga

Malayamarutham Raga

arohan:- sa re1 ga2 pa dha2 ni2 sa
avarohan:- sa ni2 dha2 pa ga2 re1 sa

Its 16 th Jenya Raga....(ie Chakaravakam).
Here no ma(madhayamam) in this raga....

"Pularkala sundara swapnathil" from malayalam film
"Oru May masa pulariyil"....
is composed based on this raga.......

Harikamboji Raga

arohon: sa re2 ga3 ma1 pa dha2 ni2 sa
avarohan: sa ni2 dha2 pa ma1 ga3 re2 sa

Its 28 th Melakartha ragam......
tamil film song "nenjukul peithidum" from movie "Varanamayiram" is composed based on this raga.......
also some malayalam film songs....
like "karmukil varnante chundil" from film "Nandhanam".....
"varuvanillarum ee" from film "Manichithratazhu"...
"dore kizhakudikkum" from film "chithram"....

72 Melakatha Ragas

Clasical music point of view..........
ragas are classified into 72 MELAKARTAH ragas...
ie its arohanam and avarohanam contains excat 7 notes .....without any repetition....
eg: sa re ga ma pa dha ni .....(in arohana) and in avarohana (sa ne dha pa ma ga re sa)

so like that..there are 72 ragas....which is called as the melakartha ragas.....
Each of these melakartha ragas itself has sub ragas...which is called as Jenya ragas......
so mainly 72 major ragas there....and other 3000 subragas in each of these melakertha raga.....
This is also called as fundamental ragas.Its also called Sampoorna raga because its arohana and avarohana contains exact 7 notes with out any repetition.
The 72 MELAKARTHA RAGAS are listed below..........

72 Melakartha Ragams

1 Kanakangi
2 Rathangi
3 Ganamurthi
4 Vanaspathi
5 Manavathi
6 Thanarupi
7 Senavathi
8 Hanumathodi
9 Dhenuka
10 Nadakapriya
11 Kokilapriya
12 Roopavathi
13 Gayakapriya
14 Mayamalavagowla
15 Chakaravakam
16 Suryakantham
17 Hadakambhari
18 Jankaradhwani
19 Nadabhiravi
20 Keravani
21 Kharaharapriya
22 Gowrimanohari
23 Varunapriya
24 Mararanjini
25 Mararangini
26 Charukeshi
27 Sarasangi
28 Harikambhoji
29 Shankarabharanam
30 Naganandhini
31 Yagapriya
32 Ragavardhini
33 Gangeyabhushani
34 Vagadhisvari
35 Shulini
36 Chalanatta
37 Salagam
38 jalarnavam
39 Jallavarali
40 Navanitham
41 Pavani
42 Ragupriya
43 Gavambodhi
44 Bhavapriya
45 Shubhapanthuvarali
46 Shadhividhamargini
47 Suvarnangi
48 Dhivyamani
49 Dhavalambari
50 Namanarayani
51 Kamavardhini
52 Ramapriya
53 Gamanashrama
54 Vishvambhari
55 Shyamalangi
56 Shanmukhapriya
57 Simhendra madhyamam
58 Hemavathi
59 Dharmavathi
60 Neethimathi
61 Kanthamani
62 Rishabhapriya
63 Lathangi
64 Vachaspathi
65 Mecha Kalyani
66 Chithrambari
67 Sucharithra
68 Jyothiswaroopini
69 Dhadhuvardhini
70 Nasika bhushani
71 Kosalam
72 Rasikapriya

Revathy -ragam

arohanam :- Sa Re1 Ma1 Pa Ni1 Sa
avarohanam :- Sa Ni1 Pa Ma1 Re1 Sa

the difference of this ragam with "madhyamavathy ragam" is , instead of Chathusruthi Reshabham(Re2) here we are using shudha Reshabham(Re1).
Malayalam film songs like..."Sree lathikakal taliraningulayave"(old malayalam) is composed based on this ragam........

Mayamalava gowla ragam

The notes of this ragam contains.....
arohan : Sa Re1 Ga2 Ma1 Pa Dha1 Ni2 Sa
avarohan : Sa Ni2 Dha1 Pa Ma1 Ga2 Re1 Sa

i already mentioned that Re contains 2 notes, ie shudham and chathurshurty,which is represented as Re1 and Re2 respectively...

for this ragam it contains Sa , Re 1 (i.e shudha reshabham), Ga2 , Ma1 ,Pa , Dha 1 , Ni2 , Sa.
When a song contains all these notes,or its roots lies in these notes then we can say that its based on this (Mayamalava Gowla ) ragam.

Ragams...Saptha Swaram !!

From Classical Musics point of view there are many Ragams.....based on these ragams we are tuning or composing a song.Its  very easy and good if we know about these ragams.
So here i will tell u about the different ragams,their notes etc.Basically it consists of 7 notes...ie Sa , Re , Ga ,Ma , Pa ,Dha ,Ni ....
this is one level or one pitch......like that we can sing songs in different pitches...like from low pitch to high pitch...or from high pitch to low pitch....or in high level or in low level itself....Singing is a kind of gift that we gets from GOD....so dont spoil it...know about these RAGAMS ...!!!

The above mentioned 7 notes expansions are,
Sa - Shadjam
Re - Reshabham
Ga - Ghandharam
Ma - Madhyamam
Pa - Panjhamam
Dha - Dhaivatham
Ni - Nishatham


The 7 notes that i told above is again splited or each note has its own high and low(little difference in sound) like..... "Re" may be either Sudha Reshabham and/or Chadhushruthy Reshabham (R1 and  R2 respectively) .Execpt for Sa and Pa , all other notes have its own classifications.i.e, 2 notes with small differenece in sthayi (in sound)
This is same for english notes also....

In engish Sa , Re ,Ga , Ma , Pa ,Dha ,Ni ....is corresponds to
C , D ,E , F ,G ,A , B respectively
And this small notes i mentioned above ie sudha Reshabham chathushruthy reshabham is representeed as '#' symbol...
eg: The note "D" in engilsh when comes in classical note its "Re" so its of 2 type sudham and chathusruthy...
here in english its represented as D , D# (D sharp).......D is shudha reshabham and D# is chathusruthy reshabham.


the Ni note in clasical also has 2 sub notes like....kaishiki neshatham and kakali nishatham....
"Ma" (madhyamam) has shudha madhyamam (Ma1) and prathi madhyamam (Ma2).    
These all are the base of classical and english music....