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Shuddha Saveri (pronounced Shuddha Sāveri, (Kannada ಶುದ್ಧ ಸಾವೇರಿ), Telugu: శుద్ధ సావేరి, Sanskrit: शुद्ध सावेरि, Tamil: சுத்த ஸாவேரி) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is an audava rāgam (or owdava rāgam, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a janya rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes).
The equivalent of Shuddha Saveri in Hindustani music is 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]
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Shuddha Saveri is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain gāndhāram or nishādham. 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 – chathusruthi rishabham, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam and chathusruthi 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 nishādham.
Here are some popular kritis composed in Shuddha Saveri.
Ānalekara, which is set to this rāgam, is one of the first few geethams (very short compositions) taught to beginners.
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.
Shuddha Saveri's notes when shifted using Graha bedham, yields 4 other major pentatonic rāgams, namely, Mohanam, Hindolam, Madhyamavathi and Udayaravichandrika (also known as Shuddha Dhanyasi). Graha bedham is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam. See Graha bedham on Mohanam for more details and illustration of this concept.
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