Bhupalam
Sign in to saveBhupalam (pronounced bhūpalam) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a pentatonic scale (audava rāgam or owdava rāgam). It is a janya rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes). It is also written as Bhoopalam.
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Structure and Lakshana
- Popular compositions
- Film Songs
- Language:[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
- Related rāgams
- ''Graha bhedham''
- Scale similarities
- Notes
- References
Bhupalam (pronounced bhūpalam) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a pentatonic scale (audava rāgam or owdava rāgam). It is a janya rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes). It is also written as Bhoopalam.
It is considered an auspicious scale and a morning rāgam. In Tamil music, this scale is called Puranirmai pann and some thevarams are set to this scale. It is also used for chanting slokas, folks songs, Kathakali music and other rituals. The equivalent scale in Hindustani music is Bhupal Todi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bhupalam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.