Revati (raga)

Revati is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain gāndhāram or dhaivatam. It is a pentatonic scale (audava-audava ragam in Carnatic music classification – audava meaning 'of 5'). Its '' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): • Arohana| : • Avarohana| : (notes used in this scale are shuddha rishabham, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, kaisiki nishadham) Revati is considered a janya rāgam of Ratnangi, the 2nd Melakarta rāgam, though it can be derived from other melakarta rāgams, Vanaspati, Hanumatodi, Natakapriya, Vakulabharanam or Chakravakam, by dropping both gāndhāram and dhaivatam. ==Popular compositions==

Revati rāgam lends itself for elaboration and exploration and has many compositions. Here are some popular kritis composed in Revati. • Mohana Vamshi by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna • Jagannatha Anatharakshaka by Subba Rao • Nanati Baduku and Akati Velala by Annamacharya • Dhavalagangeya Gangadhara By Vadiraja Tirtha • Parvati Bhagavathi By Ganakalabhushana R. K. Padmanabha • Rogaharane Krupasagara, Siri Ramana, Venkatesha Stavaraja By Jagannatha Dasa • Mahadeva Shiva Shambho by Thanjavur Sankara Iyer • Sri Hare Janardhana by Puthucode Krishnamurthy • Bho Shambho by Swami Dayananda Saraswati • Mari Karumari by Ghatam Dr. S. Karthick • Navaratna Bhushanalankrte by Kollegal R Subramanian • Vâni Vēna Pâni by Kalyani Varadarajan • Janani Janani by Cuddalore Subramaiam • Mayiladum Mayilaiyin by GN Rajagopal • Mangala Dayini by Adiseshayyar • Petra Thai by Ramalinga Vallalar • Tillana by Lalgudi Jayaraman == Film Songs ==

=== Language:Tamil === == Tamil Devotional Songs ==

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam. In Japanese/Western music Revati corresponds to Insen scale Graha bhedam ''Revati's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 2 other pentatonic rāgams, namely, Shivaranjani and Sunadavinodini. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam. See Graha bhedam on Shivaranjani'' for more details and an illustration. Scale similarities • Madhyamāvati is a rāgam which has the chathusruthi rishabham in place of the shuddha rishabham. Its '''' structure is S R2 M1 P N2 S : S N2 P M1 R2 S ==Notes==