Surutti

Janya raga of Carnatic music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Surutti is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the janya ragam of 28th Melakarta rāgam Harikambhoji in the 72 melakarta rāgam system.[1][2] Subbarama Dikshitar classifies this a bhashanga raga.[3] Its a Vakra raga (Zig-zag raga scale with seven notes in Arohana and nine in Avarohana)

Surutti raga's Janaka raga Harikambhoji scale with Shadjam at C
ArohanamS R₂ M₁ P N₂ D₂ N₂ Ṡ
AvarohanamṠ N₂ D₂ P M₁ G₃ P M₁ R₂ S
EquivalentMixolydian mode
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Surutti
ArohanamS R₂ M₁ P N₂ D₂ N₂ Ṡ
AvarohanamṠ N₂ D₂ P M₁ G₃ P M₁ R₂ S
EquivalentMixolydian mode
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The parent scale of this raga is equivalent to Khamaj thaat of Hindustani Music.[2][4] The Janaka raga of this raga is known as Harikedāragowla in the Muthuswami Dikshitar school of music.[2][4]

The notes of this raga is equivalent to Mixolydian mode of Western music but note order is zig-zag.

Structure and Lakshana

Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):

(notes used in this scale are chatushruti rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam chatushruti daivatam, kaishiki nishadham)

Notes

  1. [a]
    Alternate notations:
    • Hindustani: S R M P Ṉ D Ṉ Ṡ
    • Western: C D F G B♭ A B♭ C
  2. [b]
    Alternate notations:
    • Hindustani: Ṡ Ṉ D P M G P M R S
    • Western: C B♭ A G F E G F D C

Compositions

The Classical compositions in this rāgam:

Film Songs

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Song Movie Language Composer Lyricist Singer Ref.
Alarshara Parithaapam Kuttyedathi Malayalam M S Baburaj Swathi Thirunal Kalamandalam Saraswathi, Machad Vasanthi [5]
Alarshara Parithaapam Swathi Thirunal Malayalam M B Sreenivasan Swathi Thirunal K J Yesudas, B Arundhathi [5]
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References

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