CarnaticJanya of the 20th melakarta, Naṭabhairavi · Veda chakra
Bhairavi
Bhairavi is a Carnatic janya rāga derived from melakarta 20, Natabhairavi. Arohanam: S G2 R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 Ṡ. Avarohanam: Ṡ N2 D1 P M1 G2 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 20 · Naṭabhairavi
- Chakra
- Veda
- Form
- Sampūrṇa · 7 / 7
- Movement
- Zig-zag (vakra) going up
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
8 notes · Sa2Ri 22Ga 21Ma 1Pa1Dha 12Dha 22Ni 2 · Zig-zag (vakra) going up
From the textbook
2Dha 2 appears in some phrases, from outside the scale above.
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.