Shivaranjani
Sign in to saveShivaranjani or Sivaranjani is a musical scale used in Indian classical music. There are two scales, one in Hindustani music and one in Carnatic music. The Hindustani rāga is a pentatonic scale, as is the Carnatic scale categorized as Audava-Audava (audava meaning 'of 5') resulting in 5 notes in the Arohanam and 5 in the Avarohanam.
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- Raga.name
- Shivaranjani
- Raga.thaat
- Kafi
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- Hindustani scale
- Borrowed into Carnatic music
- Popular compositions
- Film songs
- Tamil
- Hindi
- Bengali
- Related rāgams
- Graha bhedam
- Scale similarities
- Carnatic scale
- Compositions
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Shivaranjani or Sivaranjani is a musical scale used in Indian classical music. There are two scales, one in Hindustani music and one in Carnatic music. The Hindustani rāga is a pentatonic scale, as is the Carnatic scale categorized as Audava-Audava (audava meaning 'of 5') resulting in 5 notes in the Arohanam and 5 in the Avarohanam.
== Hindustani scale == The Hindustani rāga Shivaranjani belongs to the Kaafi thaat in terms of classification of the scale. Its structure is as follows: Arohana| : Avarohana| : The komal(soft) gandhar(g) in place of shuddh gandhar (G) is the difference between this rāga and the global musical scale of Bhoop/Bhupali (Mohanam in Carnatic).