Nata
Indian Classical Raga
Nata (Naatai) is a janya raga of the 36th melakarta Chalanata in Carnatic music. It is a sampurna-audava raga, using all seven notes in the ascent and five in the descent, and is one of the five ancient Ghana ragas. It carries veera rasa, with bhakti and vatsalya as secondary moods, and is considered highly auspicious. It is traditionally used to open a concert, often in compositions honouring Ganesha.
Scale
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Composer: Rajee Krishnan
Composer: Annamaacaarya
Composer: Paapanaasam Shivan
Composer: OotukkaaDu VenkaTasubbaiyyar
Composer: Annamaacaarya
Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Nata's by a note or two.
- Nattai
the same notes, moving differently
- Ganaranjani
adds D3 coming down
- Ardhambari
uses R1 instead of R3; uses D1 instead of D3 going up
- Ardrambari
uses R1 instead of R3; uses D1 instead of D3 going up
- Calanattai
adds G3 coming down; adds D3 coming down
- Calanata
adds G3 coming down; adds D3 coming down
Janya ragas of Chalanata
Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 36)