Kannaḍagauḷa is an upāṅga janyai of the 22nd mēḷakartaii Kharaharapriya. It is a ṣāḍavaiii rāga. The svarasiv occurring in this rāga in ascent are ṣaḍja, chatuśruti riṣabha, sādhāraṇa gāndhāra, śuddha madhyama, pañchama, kaiśiki niṣāda. Chatuśruti dhaivata occurs in descentv. Its ārōhaṇavi and avarōhaṇavii are
S R2 G2 M1 P N2 Ṡ – Ṡ N2 D2 P M1 G2 S.
In Western music notation, if C is taken as the base or tonic note, then the scale is
C D D# F G A# C – C A# A G F D# C.
It is a rāga which has existed since olden times.
Gāndhāra and niṣāda are rāgachāyā svarasviii and nyāsa svarasix. Sa-ma, sa-pa, ri-da, ri-pa, ga-ni are vādi-samvādi svaras (consonant notes).
It can portray rasasx like karuṇā (compassion) very effectively, just as it can convey the feeling of devotion or bhakti bhāva.
Some of the signature phrases of this rāga are
P, M P N D P M G, – S R G M G, S, – Ṇ S R G, S S Ṇ Ṇ, – Ṇ Ḍ P̣, Ṇ S, – R, G M G S R G M, – P N Ṡ N N D D P M P N D P M G S, – R G M P N, – P N Ṡ Ṙ Ġ Ṁ Ṁ Ġ, Ṡ, – Ṙ Ġ Ṁ Ġ Ṡ Ṡ N N, – N D P N Ṡ, N D P M G, – S R G M M G, S,
A few compositions in this rāga are-
Sogasu jūḍa taramā
Tyāgarāja
Ōrajūpu
Tyāgarāja
Nīlōtpalāmbikayā
Muttuswāmi Dīkṣitar
Karuṇānidhim
Tāḷḷapākam Annamāchārya (tuned by Vidwan Voleti Venkateswarulu)
Bibliography
Hariharan, M. and Kuppuswamy, Gowri. 2011. Comparative Music- Fundamentals of Western Music. Nagercoil: CBH Publications
Keshavamurthy, R.R. 1964. Rāgalakṣaṇa mattu Rāgakōśa. Bengaluru: Gāna Viśārada Biḍāram Kṛṣṇappa Smāraka Saṅgīta Vidyālaya
Rajarao, Mysore L. 2003. Saṅgīta Śāstra Chandrike. Bengaluru: Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Academy
Rao, B. Subba. 1980. Raganidhi. Madras: The Music Academy
Sambamoorthy, P. 2018 (reprint of eighth edition published in 1998). South Indian Music (Volumes 1 to 6). Chennai: The Indian Music Publishing House
Web Links
TM Krishna presents Raga Kannadagoula, accompanied by Akkarai Subhalakshmi on violin, Arunprakash Krishnan on mridangam and Guru Prasad on ghatam.
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