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Navarasa Kannada

Indian Classical Raga

Navarasa kannaDa is a janya raga of Harikambhoji, the 28th melakarta. It is an asymmetric svarantara-shadava raga with four notes in ascent and six in descent. It omits rishabham, dhaivatam and nishadam in ascent and panchamam in descent. It is well suited to instrumental music for veena and flute.

Scale

ArohanamS G3 M1 P S
AvarohanamS N2 D2 M1 G3 R2 S
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
28
Parent Raga
Harikambhoji

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Close relatives

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

  • Ambikara

    uses R1 instead of R2 coming down; uses D1 instead of D2 coming down

  • Meghana

    adds D2 going up; leaves out R2 coming down

  • Oviyal

    uses R1 instead of R2 coming down; adds P coming down

  • Sudda Kosala

    uses M2 instead of M1; uses N3 instead of N2 coming down

Janya ragas of Harikambhoji

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