Hamsadhvani
Sign in to saveHamsadhvani (meaning "the cry of the swan"), is a rāga in Carnatic music (musical scale of Carnatic tradition of Indian classical music). It is an audava rāgam (or owdava rāga, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a janya rāga of the Melakartha raga, Sankarabharanam (29th) but according to Hamsadhvani's prayoga or the way it is sung it is said to be the janya of Kalyani (65th).
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It is catalogued under the topic Janya ragas.
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Structure and lakshana
- Compositions
- Film songs
- In Tamil language
- In Malayalam language
- Related rāgas
- ''Graha bhedham''
- Scale similarities
- In Hindustani music
- Vadi and samavadi
- Pakad or chalan
- Organization and relationships
- Time
- Important recordings
- Notes
- References
- Literature
- External links
Hamsadhvani (meaning "the cry of the swan"), is a rāga in Carnatic music (musical scale of Carnatic tradition of Indian classical music). It is an audava rāgam (or owdava rāga, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a janya rāga of the Melakartha raga, Sankarabharanam (29th) but according to Hamsadhvani's prayoga or the way it is sung it is said to be the janya of Kalyani (65th).
Hamsadhvani is also extensively used in Hindustani music and is borrowed into it from Carnatic music. It was created by the Carnatic composer Ramaswami Dikshitar (1735–1817), father of Muthuswami Dikshitar (one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music), and brought into Hindustani music by Aman Ali Khan of the Bhendibazaar gharana. It has become popular due to Amir Khan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hamsadhvani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.