Shuddha Saveri

Shuddha Saveri
ArohanamS R₂ M₁ P D₂ Ṡ
AvarohanamṠ D₂ P M₁ R₂ S

Shuddha Saveri or śuddha sāveri is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music) and Yakshagana music. It is an audava rāgam (or owdava rāgam, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a janya rāgam (derived scale)of the Melakarta ragam Dhīraśaṅkarābharaṇaṃ which is 29th Melakarta raga. In Hindustani music it is called Durga.[1][2] According to the school of Muthuswami Dikshitar, this rāgam is called Devakriya.[1][2] Karnataka Shuddha Saveri, a janya rāgam of 1st melakarta Kanakangi, is called Shuddha Saveri by the Dikshitar school.[2] Devakriya in the Tyagaraja school of music is a different Raga, which is a Janya of Natabhairavi(Mela 20).

Structure and Lakshana

Shuddha Saveri scale with shadjam at C

Shuddha Saveri is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain gāndhāram or nishādam. It is a pentatonic scale (audava-audava ragam in Carnatic music classification – audava meaning 'of 5'). Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):

It is a scale that uses the following variants of the swaras – chatushruti rishabham, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam and chatushruti dhaivatam.

Shuddha Saveri is considered a janya rāgam of Sankarabharanam, the 29th melakarta rāgam,[2] though it can be derived from other melakarta rāgams, Kharaharapriya, Gourimanohari or Harikambhoji, by dropping both gāndhāram and nishādam.

Here are some popular kritis composed in Shuddha Saveri.

Notes

  1. ↑ Alternate notations:
    • Hindustani: S R M P D Ṡ
    • Western: C D F G A C
  2. ↑ Alternate notations:
    • Hindustani: Ṡ D P M R S
    • Western: C A G F D C

References

  1. 1 2 Ragas in Carnatic music by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications
  2. 1 2 3 4 Raganidhi by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras
  3. 1 2 3 Mani, Charalatha (3 August 2012). "Joyful Suddha Saveri". The Hindu.
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