CarnaticJanya of the 22nd melakarta, Kharaharapriya · Veda chakra
Nāyaki
Nayaki is a Carnatic janya rāga derived from melakarta 22, Kharaharapriya. Arohanam: S R2 M1 P D2 N2 D2 P Ṡ. Avarohanam: Ṡ N2 D2 P M1 R2 G2 R2 S.
Swara rail · NāyakiTempo
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 22 · Kharaharapriya
- Chakra
- Veda
- Form
- Ṣāḍava–Sampūrṇa · 6 / 7
- Movement
- Zig-zag (vakra) both ways
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Raised vs natural Ma
Raise Ma by a semitone, then play both versions.
Nāyakithis rāga
Natural Ma sits a semitone above Ga and a whole step below Pa: a settled fourth that rests rather than leans.
Scale
ĀrōhaṇamSa2Ri 21Ma 1Pa2Dha 22Ni 22Dha 2Paupper Sa
Avarōhaṇamupper Sa2Ni 22Dha 2Pa1Ma 12Ri 22Ga 22Ri 2Sa
7 notes · Sa2Ri 22Ga 21Ma 1Pa2Dha 22Ni 2 · Zig-zag (vakra) both ways
From the textbook
Where these notes come from
Wikipedia’s list of janya rāgas and karnatik.com, which agree.
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