CarnaticJanya of the 29th melakarta, Dhīraśaṅkarābharaṇaṁ · Bāṇa chakra
Shrījai
Shrijai is a Carnatic janya rāga derived from melakarta 29, Sankarabharanam. Arohanam: S G3 P N3 Ṡ. Avarohanam: Ṡ N3 P M1 G3 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
- 4 notes–Auḍava · 4 / 5
- 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
5 notes · Sa3Ga 31Ma 1Pa3Ni 3 · Straight up and down
From the textbook
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.