CarnaticJanya of the 8th melakarta, Hanumatōḍi · Netra chakra
Punnagavarali
Punnagavarali is a Carnatic janya rāga derived from melakarta 8, Todi. Arohanam: Ṇ2 S R1 G2 M1 P D1 N2 Ṡ. Avarohanam: Ṡ N2 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S Ṇ2.
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 8 · Tōḍi
- Chakra
- Netra
- Form
- Sampūrṇa · 7 / 7
- Movement
- Straight up and down
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
7 notes · Sa1Ri 12Ga 21Ma 1Pa1Dha 12Ni 2 · Straight up and down
From the textbook
2Ri 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.