Question on Chittaranjani and Kh.priya

[ragam-talam]

Considering Chittaranjani employs the same notes as Kh.priya, except it is a nishada-antam ragam, is there a way one can distinguish the two if an alapanam is being done? I assume gamakams etc are the same (except between Ni-Sa)?

Or is it considered standard practice not to do alapanam for a ragam such as Chittaranjani? One does hear swaraprastharam in renditions of Nada tanumanisham. e.g. this rendition by KVN - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9DqU_yFI8w

[arunk]

I am not aware of any difference (or any instances of alapana) - except the gamaka on ni (cannot touch sa - as it can in kharaharapriya).

Arun

[srikant1987]

I do not think there is such a "rule" on ni, but of course, you cannot sing tara sa or higher notes.
http://sangeethamshare.org/tvg/UPLOADS- ... arAjar.mp3

I think grgs and mgpmgr are chittaranjani-ish phrases which are normally not sung in khpriya.

I hear chittaranjani used to have shuddha dha and shuddha ni earlier.

[Ramasubramanian M.K]

In my opinion our system of Raga elaboration requires and demands that we traverse the three octaves. A nishadantiya raga like Chittaranjani by this definition is restricted and as such a raga elaboration is bound to be repetitive-- (however nadanamakriya subject to the same limitation has lent itself to alapana in some Virutthams. ) Likewise Kurinji is also restrictive in its scope (single octave ending in Dha).