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Udayaravichandrika
Sign in to saveUdayaravichandrika, or Shuddha Dhanyasi, 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). Closer to Udayaravichandrika in Hindustani music is Dhani aka Gaundgiri. But Dhani has N2 while Udayaravichandrika N3 in theory. Its Western equivalent is the Minor pentatonic scale. This raga has a great association with the Chinese musicology, which is highly influenced by this raga, and is also called the "Chinese
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Structure and Lakshana
- Popular compositions
- Film songs
- Language: [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
- Non Film / Album
- Language: [[Malayalam]]
- Language: [[Kannada]]
- Language: [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
- Language: [[Hindi]]
- Related rāgams
- ''Graha bhedam''
- Scale similarities
- Notes
- References
Udayaravichandrika, or Shuddha Dhanyasi, 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). Closer to Udayaravichandrika in Hindustani music is Dhani aka Gaundgiri. But Dhani has N2 while Udayaravichandrika N3 in theory. Its Western equivalent is the Minor pentatonic scale. This raga has a great association with the Chinese musicology, which is highly influenced by this raga, and is also called the "Chinese Scale". The Prati Madhyamam () equivalent of this raga is "Sumanesaranjani" (alias "Samudrapriya"), whose Hindustani Equivalent is "Madhukauns"
== Structure and Lakshana == thumb|right|300px|Udayaravichandrika scale with shadjam at C
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