Nisadam
Indian Classical Raga
Nishadam is the name of the 60th melakarta raga in the Muthuswami Dikshitar (asampurna mela) school; the same raga is called Nitimati in the modern 72-melakarta system. It is a sampurna raga with all seven notes in ascent and descent. Tyagaraja's kriti Vacham Gochara is composed in this raga.
Scale
ArohanamS R2 G2 M2 P D3 N3 S
AvarohanamS N3 D3 P M2 G2 R2 S
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Close relatives
Ragas whose scale differs from Nisadam's by a note or two.
- Nitimati
the same notes, moving differently
- Citrambari
uses G3 instead of G2
- Curnikavinodhini
uses G3 instead of G2
- Desamukhari
uses R1 instead of R2
- Desyaganavaridhi
leaves out D3 coming down
- Dharmavati
uses D2 instead of D3