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Kuntalavarali

Indian Classical Raga

Kuntalavarali is a janya raga of the 28th melakarta Harikambhoji in Carnatic music. It is a light raga with little gamaka-based ornamentation, usually performed with madhyamam as the base pitch, giving it an accessible, breezy quality. Its rasa is hasya (comedy, light-heartedness).

Scale

ArohanamS M1 P D2 N2 D2 S
AvarohanamS N2 D2 P M1 S
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
28
Parent Raga
Harikambhoji

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Close relatives

Ragas whose scale differs from Kuntalavarali's by a note or two.

Janya ragas of Harikambhoji

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 28)