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Sampurna Carnatic raaga
Ṣanmukhapriya
The raaga of 'Ooru Vittu Ooru Vandhu' (Karakattakkaran): majestic yet aching, with a dark, minor-key intensity.
majestic and intense, tinged with pathos and longing
Ṣanmukhapriya 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 G2 M2 P D1 N2 S
avarohana / descending
S N2 D1 P M2 G2 R2 S
How to hear it
- Life notes / jeeva
- All the swaras are jīvaswaras (per anuradhamahesh)
- Resting notes / nyasa
- R, P and N
- Signature phrases / prayoga
- SGRGMP – MPDNDS – DPDS – SMPNS – MPGGRS; janta prayogas of GG RR SS NN; NRGR NRND (omitting Shadjam); the prayoga P D Ni S
- Ornament / gamaka
- In the prayoga P D Ni S the nishadam (Ni) gets elongated
Easy to confuse with
Simhendramadhyamam (melakarta 57), nearly identical scale, differing only in the nishadam (Shanmukhapriya uses N2 / kaisiki nishadam
Simhendramadhyamam uses N3)
Listen for it
- Siddhi Vinayakam, Muthuswami Dikshitar
- Vaddane Varu, Tyagaraja
- Marivere Dikkevarayya, Patnam Subramania Iyer
- Marainthirunthu Paarkkum, Thillana Mohanambal film
- Thakita Thadhimi film
◐ Draft: the reference facts on this page are compiled from public sources and are pending review by a musician. Corrections welcome via GitHub.