Kēdāragauḷa

A breezy morning raaga of many moods, heard in Tyagaraja's 'Venugana Loluni' (rendered by MS Subbulakshmi); bright and free-flowing.

bright, versatile, gently devotional

Kēdāragauḷa is a sampurna (seven-note) raaga in the Carnatic tradition.

in the raaga jeeva (life note) nyasa (resting note)

or tap any lit note to hear it

arohana / ascending

S R2 M1 P N2 S

avarohana / descending

S N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S

How to hear it

Life notes / jeeva: Rishabha (R2) and Nishada (N2) are the ragachaya (identity) svaras; the elongated, heavily oscillated rishabha is the signature.
Resting notes / nyasa: Rishabha (R2) and Panchama (P); Shadja (S) is also a common landing.
Signature phrases / prayoga: Signature phrase P N S' R' with an elongated, heavily oscillated rishabha. Ascends Madhyamavati-like S R M P N (no G/D in arohana); full descent S N D P M G R S, with gandhara (G3) appearing only in descent, frequent but never prolonged.
Ornament / gamaka: Large oscillation (kampita) on rishabha, especially in P N S' R'; gandhara touched only briefly, never sustained.

Madhyamavati (identical ascending notes S R2 M1 P N2 S)

Narayanagowla

Vivardhini

Yadukulakamboji

Surutti

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