Kalyanavasantam

Kalyanavasantam (also written as kalyanavasantham) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a janya rāgam (derived scale) from the 21st melakarta scale Keeravani. It is a janya scale, as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes) in the ascending scale. It is a combination of the pentatonic scale Chandrakauns of Hindusthani music and the sampurna raga scale Keeravani.[1][2]

Kalyanavasantam
ArohanamS G₂ M₁ D₁ N₃ Ṡ
AvarohanamṠ N₃ D₁ P M₁ G₂ R₂ S
Carnatic music
Tanjavur-style Tambura
Concepts
Compositions
Instruments
Melody
Sarasvati Vīṇā
Veṇu
Nādasvaraṃ
Goṭṭuvādyaṃ (Citra Vīṇā)
Violin
Percussion
Mr̥daṅgaṃ
Ghaṭaṃ
Morsing
Kanjira
Thavil
Drone
Tambura
Shruti box

Structure and Lakshana
Ascending scale with shadjam at C, which is same as Chandrakauns scale
Descending scale with shadjam at C, which is same as Keeravani scale

Kalyanavasantam is an asymmetric rāgam that does not contain rishabham or panchamam in the ascending scale. It is an audava-sampurna rāgam (or owdava rāgam, meaning pentatonic ascending scale).[1][2] Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows:

The notes used in this scale are shadjam, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham and kakali nishadham in ascending scale, with panchamam and chathusruthi rishabham included in descending scale. For the details of the notations and terms, see swaras in Carnatic music.

There are a few compositions set to Kalyanavasantam rāgam. Here are some popular kritis composed in Kalyanavasantam.

Film Songs

Language:Tamil
Song Movie Composer Singer/Performer
Kanchi Pattuduthi Vayasu Ponnu M.S.Viswanathan K.J. Yesudas, Vani Jairam
Ninnaiye Rathi Endru Kanne kaniyamuthe K.J. Yesudas,Sasirekha
Nalla Manam Vaazhga Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu V. Dakshinamoorthy K.J. Yesudas
Nenjil Ulla Rishi Moolam Ilaiyaraaja P. Jayachandran
Theme Music(Saxophone) Duet A. R. Rahman Kadri Gopalnath,Raju

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

Scale similarities
  • Chandrakauns has a symmetric pentatonic scale, with the notes same as the ascending scale of Kalyanavasantham. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is S G2 M1 D1 N3 S : S N3 D1 M1 G2 S

Notes
  1. Alternate notations:
    • Hindustani: S G̱ M Ḏ N Ṡ
    • Western: C E♭ F A♭ B C
  2. Alternate notations:
    • Hindustani: Ṡ N Ḏ P M G̱ R S
    • Western: C B A♭ G F E♭ D C

References
  1. Ragas in Carnatic music by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications
  2. Raganidhi by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras
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