Hamsanada
Indian Classical Raga
Hamsanadam is a janya raga of Neetimati, the 60th melakarta. As sung today it is a pentatonic (audava) scale omitting gandharam and dhaivatam. It sets a romantic and joyous mood and is an evening raga.
Scale
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View all compositions →Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Composer: G.N. Baalasubramaniam
Composer: Tanjavur Shankara Iyer
Composer: Ashok Madhav
Composer: T.M.Thiagarajan
Composer: OotukkaaDu VenkaTasubbaiyyar
Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Hamsanada's by a note or two.
- Skandamanorama
the same notes, moving differently
- Varada
the same notes, moving differently
- Lavantika
uses M1 instead of M2
- Pranavapriya
adds G2 coming down
- Sudda (Suddha)
adds G2
- Urmika
adds G2