Hamsanadam
Hamsanadam is a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is a pentatonic scale, as it is sung in current days. It is a derived scale, as it does not have all the seven swaras, from the 60th Melakarta rāgam Neetimati.
Structure and Lakshana
Hamsanadam, as it is sung now-a-days, is a symmetric scale that does not contain gandharam and dhaivatam. It is called an audava rāgam, in Carnatic music classification. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is as follows :- ārohaṇa :
- avarohaṇa :
Other structures
Earlier structure of this scale were as follows:- Ascending scale :
- Descending scale :
''Graha bhedham''
Hamsanadam's notes when shifted using Graha bhedham, yields three pentatonic rāgams, Gambhiranata, Neela and Bhupalam. Graha bhedham is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam. For more details and illustrations of this concept refer Graha bhedham on Gambhiranata.Popular compositions
Hamsanadam has a few popular compositions:- Kalyana Rama by Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi
- Bantureethi Koluvu by Tyagaraja
- Neeye Paramukham by Papanasam Sivan
- Kripanidhe by Muthiah Bhagavatar
- Paasa Vendume by Dandapani Desikar
- Bharama Ee Baluni and Dasha Shata Dala by G N Balasubramaniam
- Ezhiludai Hamsanaadham by Thanjavur Sankara Iyer
- Vishwa Prakashunaku by Annamacharya
- Paramananda Varada by Meesu Krishna Iyer
Film Songs