A light, folk-flavoured raaga of thillanas and javalis with a gentle pleading lilt, heard in Oothukkadu's 'Maadu Meikkum Kanne'.
light, tender, pleasing (sringara-tinged)
Sencuruṭṭi 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
D2 S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N2
avarohana / descending
N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S N2 D2 P D2 S
How to hear it
Signature phrases / prayoga
Dips into the mandra sthayi: arohana launched from lower D2 (d S R G M P D N); characteristic phrase n p d S (mandra ni-pa-dha-Sa) in which the dhaivata carries a gentle gamaka that can sound Kambhoji-like; avarohana N D P M G R S n p d S.
Ornament / gamaka
Gentle gamaka (kampita/jaru) on the dhaivata giving a Kambhoji-like shade; folk-derived, plaintive phrasing.
Easy to confuse with
Jhinjhoti (Hindustani, which takes sadharana gandhara G2 as a foreign note)
Surutti
Listen for it
Rama Rama Rama Rara - Tyagaraja
Navaneeta Chora - Tyagaraja
Pullay Piravi - Oothukadu Venkata Subbaiyer
En Veettu... (partial title as labelled on ragasurabhi film