CarnaticJanya of the 13th melakarta, Gayakapriya · Agni chakra

Kalkaḍa

Kalkada is a Carnatic janya rāga derived from melakarta 13, Gayakapriya. Arohanam: S R1 G3 P D1 N1 Ṡ. Avarohanam: Ṡ N1 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S.

PractiseCompare with Gayakapriya
Swara rail · KalkaḍaTempo
Carnatic · Mela 13Ārōhaṇam
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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 13 · Gayakapriya
Chakra
Agni
Form
Ṣāḍava–Sampūrṇa · 6 / 7
Movement
Straight up and down
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Raised vs natural Ma

Raise Ma by a semitone, then play both versions.

Kalkaḍathis rāga

Natural Ma sits a semitone above Ga and a whole step below Pa: a settled fourth that rests rather than leans.

Scale

Ārōhaṇam
Avarōhaṇam

7 notes · · Straight up and down

From the textbook

Where these notes come from

karnatik.com. The second source the site checks against differs here, or has nothing to compare, so this is waiting on a musician’s review.

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