Revagupti
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Revagupti (pronounced rēvagupti) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a pentatonic scale (audava rāgam or owdava rāgam). It is a janya rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes).
It is a morning rāgam.[1][2] The similar scales in Hindustani music are Rewa and Bibhas.[2]
Revagupti is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain madhyamam or nishādham. It is a symmetric pentatonic scale (audava-audava ragam[1][2] in Carnatic music classification – audava meaning 'of 5'). Its ascending and descending scale (ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure) is as follows:
The notes used in this scale are shadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, panchamam and shuddha dhaivatham, as per Carnatic music notation and terms for the swaras. Revagupti is considered a janya rāgam of Mayamalavagowla, the 15th Melakarta rāgam, though it can be derived from 5 other melakarta rāgams by dropping both the madhyamam and nishādham.
Popular Compositions
Here are a few songs composed in Revagupti.[1]
- Gopalaka Pahimam is popular krithi rendered in this raga nowadays, though originally it was set in the raga Bhupalam by Maharaja Swathi Thirunal
- Rama Rama Pahi Rama by Maharaja Swathi Thirunal
- Griha bala memi composed by Tyagaraja
- Sada vinata sadare and Sharavana bhava guruguham by Muthuswami Dikshitar
- Ni vera ganidhi and Purushottamuda by Annamacharya
- Pahi Pahimam by Narayana Teertha
- Varnam-Aravinda Malarkanna by Seetha Raman
- Varnam-Swayam Varenyam by Pallavi Subbayya Bhagavathar
- Shri Ganeshwara by N. Ravikiran