Sunadavinodini
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| Arohanam | S G₃ M₂ D₂ N₃ Ṡ |
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| Avarohanam | Ṡ N₃ D₂ M₂ G₃ S |
Sunadavinodini is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is an audava rāgam (or owdava rāgam, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a janya rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes). This raga was discovered by Mysore Vasudevachar.
Structure and Lakshana
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Sunadavinodini is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain rishabham and panchamam. It is a pentatonic scale (audava-audava ragam[1][2] in Carnatic music classification – audava meaning 'of 5'). Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
(notes used in this scale are antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham, kakali nishadham)
Sunadavinodini is considered a janya rāgam of Gamanashrama, the 53rd Melakarta rāgam, though it can be derived from 2 other melakarta rāgams, Kalyani or Kosalam, by dropping both rishabham and panchamam.
Popular compositions
[edit]Sunadavinodini rāgam lends itself for elaboration and exploration and has many compositions. Here are some popular kritis composed in Sunadavinodini.
- Devadhi deva sri vasudeva by Mysore Vasudevacharya
- Samagana sunadavinodini by G Gururakacharya
- Sanatani sri sunadavinodini by Mrs Kalyani Varadarajan
- Sri Venugopala by Anonymous
- vagadhishvari devi vara-muni-gana-vandite by Bharani
Film Songs
[edit]| Song | Movie | Composer | Singer |
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| Engeyo Etho | Nadhiyai Thedi Vandha Kadal | Ilaiyaraaja | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela |
Related rāgams
[edit]This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.
Graha bhedam
[edit]Sunadavinodini's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 2 other pentatonic rāgams, namely, Shivaranjani and Revati. See Graha bhedam on Shivaranjani for more details and an illustration.
Scale similarities
[edit]- Hamsānandi is a popular rāgam which sounds similar to Sunadavinodini and has the shuddha rishabham extra when compared to it. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is S R₁ G₃ M₂ D₂ N₃ Ṡ: Ṡ N₃ D₂ M₂ G₃ R₁ S
- Amritavarshini is another popular rāgam which has the panchamam in place of the dhaivatam when compared to Sunadavinodini. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is S G₃ M₂ P N₃ Ṡ: Ṡ N₃ P M₂ G₃ S