• Source: Shanmukhapriya

Shanmukhapriya is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 56th melakarta rāgam (parent scale) in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Chāmaram in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music. It is said to be borrowed into Hindustani music from Carnatic music. Many compositions on Lord Murugan and Lord Shiva are based on this raaga.




Structure and Lakshana



It is the 2nd rāgam in the 10th chakra Disi. The mnemonic name is Disi-Sri. The mnemonic phrase is sa ri gi mi pa dha ni. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):

ārohaṇa: S R₂ G₂ M₂ P D₁ N₂ Ṡ
avarohaṇa: Ṡ N₂ D₁ P M₂ G₂ R₂ S
This scale uses the swaras chatushruti rishabham, sadharana gandharam, prati madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatam and kaisiki nishadam. As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Natabhairavi, which is the 20th melakarta scale.




Janya rāgams


Shanmukhapriya has a few minor janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it. See List of janya rāgams for scales associated with Shanmukhapriya.




Compositions


Here are a few common compositions sung in concerts, set to Shanmukhapriya.

Vaddane vaaru by Tyagaraja
Marivere Dikkevarayya by Patnam Subramania Iyer
Parvati nayakane, Saravana bhava ennum, Andavane unnai by Papanasam Sivan
Abhimaanamutho Nannubrovaradha by Mysore Vasudevachar
Yake Bagila Hakiruvi By Vadiraja Tirtha
Mooru Namagala By Gopala Dasa
Hoo beke Parimalada, Kotta bhagyave sako, Januma Janumadali By Vidyaprasanna Teertha in Kannada
Acharavillada nalige By Purandara Dasa
Valli Nayakane by Muthiah Bhagavatar
Vilayada idu nerama by T.N.Bala of USA
Sada tava pAda sannidhim by M. Balamuralikrishna
Omkara Pranava, a pada varnam in Shanmukhapriya by M. Balamuralikrishna
Stava Vârdita Vikramà by Kalyani Varadarajan
Mamava Karunaya by Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
Bavasagaram by Gopalakrishna Bharathi
Saravanabhava enum by Papanasam Sivan
The compositions of Muthuswami Dikshitar, namely, Siddhi Vinayakam, Mahasuram Ketumaham,sadashraye and Ekamreshanayakim have their school's rāgam name Chāmaram mudra in them.
A composition later set to Shanmukapriya

Muthai tharu pathi by Arunagirinathar




Film Songs






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= Janya 1:Ragam Sumanesharanjani/Samudrapriya/Madhukauns Tamil

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Ascending:S G2 M2 P N2 S
Descending:S N2 P M2 G2 S




Related rāgams


This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.
Shanmukhapriya's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 3 other major melakarta rāgams, namely, Shoolini, Dhenuka and Chitrambari. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam. For further details and an illustration refer Graha bhedam on Shanmukhapriya.
Shanmukhapriya corresponds to Hungarian Gypsy scale in Western music.




Notes






References

• Source: Shanmukha Priya

Shanmukha Priya (born 2 November 2002) is an Indian singer, who specializes in the carnatic music, jazz, rock, pop and yodeling. She has appeared on numerous popular reality television shows, including Padutha Theeyaga S6 (2013), Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017 (2017) and Indian Idol 12 (2020–21).




Early life and career


Shanmukha Priya was born in Visakhapatnam, India into a Telugu-speaking family. Her mother Ratnamala is a music teacher and her father Srinivas Kumar is an instrumentalist of Veena, Violin, Guitar, Mandolin and Keyboard. The Hindu reported that when she was three years old her father first heard her humming to the tune played on an alarm clock. He instantly took out the veena and gave her the notes and rhythm. She performed well with her vocals and then started her training in the carnatic music.
At the age of 6, she made her debut in the reality singing in 2008 with the TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2008 on Zee Telugu. Her next show Padutha Theeyaga, which was judged by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam was her major breakthrough. Following the success on the television, she became a playback singer and recorded a song for the 2010 Telugu film Tejam.
Later, she appeared in five television singing shows, of which two are in Telugu, two are in Hindi and one in Tamil. Her performance in Indian Idol 12 made her widely popular. After watching her jazz-style performance to the song "Jaane Tu Mera Kya Hai" from the film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008) on the show, A. R. Rahman praised her and termed her as the next ‘Jazz Star of India’. In contrast, her yodeling-style of singing is often criticized and trolled by the audience. This criticism is mostly for her own style of singing various songs in Indian Idol 12.
She has been a meritorius student as well. She got a 9.7 GPA in her 12th Board Exams and is currently pursuing BSc in Mathematics.




Discography






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Filmography






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References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Sagara Sangamam
• Shanmukhapriya
• Priya Sisters
• Shanmukha Priya
• Chura Liya Hai Tumne Jo Dil Ko
• Natabhairavi
• Sagara Sangamam
• Aan Paavam
• His Highness Abdullah
• Karakattakkaran
• Hungarian minor scale