Kanakangi
Indian Classical Raga
Kanakangi is a raga in Carnatic music. It is the first melakarta raga in the 72 melakarta system, in the Indu chakra. It is a sampurna raga, with all seven notes appearing in both the ascending and descending scale.
Scale
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View all compositions →Composer: K. Ramaraj
Composer: KOTeeshwara Aiyyar
Composer: Abraham Panditar
Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Composer: BaalamuraLi Krishna
Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Kanakangi's by a note or two.
- Alapi
uses M2 instead of M1
- Bhinnapancamam
uses N3 instead of N1
- Ganamurti
uses N3 instead of N1
- Gayakapriya
uses G3 instead of G1
- Ganasamavarali
uses N3 instead of N1
- Jalmika
uses R2 instead of R1