CarnaticJanya of the 29th melakarta, Dhīraśaṅkarābharaṇaṁ · Bāṇa chakra
Bangāla
Bangala is a Carnatic janya rāga derived from melakarta 29, Sankarabharanam. Arohanam: S R2 G3 M1 P M1 R2 P Ṡ. Avarohanam: Ṡ N3 P M1 R2 G3 M1 R2 S.
Numbers between pads count the semitones from one note to the next. Play from your keyboard with A W S E D F T G Y H U J K.Pitch rises upward. Numbers beside the pads count the semitones between neighbouring notes.
- Parent
- Mela 29 · Śaṅkarābharaṇaṁ
- Chakra
- Bāṇa
- Form
- Auḍava–Ṣāḍava · 5 / 6
- Movement
- Zig-zag (vakra) both ways
Raised vs natural Ma
Raise Ma by a semitone, then play both versions.
Natural Ma sits a semitone above Ga and a whole step below Pa: a settled fourth that rests rather than leans.
Scale
6 notes · Sa2Ri 23Ga 31Ma 1Pa3Ni 3 · Zig-zag (vakra) both ways
From the textbook
Wikipedia’s list of janya rāgas. The second source the site checks against differs here, or has nothing to compare, so this is waiting on a musician’s review.