Scalar raga? Vector raga?

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kvchellappa
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Re: Scalar raga? Vector raga?

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Can a new rakthi raga evolve afresh?

shibi
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Re: Scalar raga? Vector raga?

Post by shibi »

There is a lovely lecture where TM Krishna makes distinctions between different kinds of raagas, i.e., naturally evolving raagas like Begada, Atana, Anandha Bhairavi, Rithigowla etc and up and down "scales" (with no meandering or vakra phrases like Nalinakanthi, Kadanakudoohalam) like Shanmugapriya, Simhendramadhyamam, Dharmavathi, Lathangi etc etc .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zVVy62EtHg


I have a question regarding this. Where would say, Sankarabharanam, Kalyani and Mayamalavagowla, Karaharapriya fit into this? They seem to kind of fit into both, in the sense that they have this "rakthi" kind of feel associated with them (as also evidenced by the fact that Mayamalavagowla, Sankarabharanam and Kalyani seem to appear in Hindusthani music as well) and also seem to *exactly* fit into the melakartha "up and down" classification.

Another question, not totally unrelated to the above:
What is TM Krishna's position regarding this?

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