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Sruti • Swara • Raga • Tala • Melakarta • Asampurna Melakarta |
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Varnam • Kriti • Geetham • Swarajati • Ragam Thanam Pallavi • Thillana |
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melody: Vocals • Saraswati veena • Venu • Violin • Chitra veena • Nadaswaram • Mandolin rhythm: Mridangam • Ghatam • Morsing • Kanjira • Thavil drone: Tambura • Shruti box |
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Gourimanohari or Gowrimanohari (Sanskrit: गौरीमनोहारी, Telugu: గౌరీమనోహరి, Tamil: கௌரிமனோகரி) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 23rd Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.
Hindustani music does not have an equivalent to this rāgam, where the purvanga (first half of the scale) is like Kafi thaat, while the uttaranga (second half) is like Bilaval thaat.[1]
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It is the 5th rāgam in the 4th chakra Veda. The mnemonic name is Veda-Ma. The mnemonic phrase is sa ri gi ma pa dhi nu.[2] Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
The notes used in this scale are shadjam, chathusruthi rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadham. It is a sampurna rāgam – a rāgam that has all seven swaras (notes). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Dharmavati, which is the 59th melakarta.
It has a few minor janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it. See List of janya rāgams to lookup all rāgams associated with it.
The following are a few popular compositions in this rāgam.
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.
Gourimanohari's notes when shifted using Graha bedham, yields 3 other major melakarta rāgams, namely, Vachaspati, Natakapriya and Charukesi. Graha bedham is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam. For further details and an illustration see Graha bedham on Vachaspati.
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