Nagasvaravali

, is a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is an audava rāgam. It is a janya rāgam, as it does not have all the seven swaras.

Structure and Lakshana

' is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain rishabham or nishādam. It is a pentatonic scale. Its ' structure is as follows :

[Arohana|] :
[Avarohana|] :

is considered a janya rāgam of Harikambhoji, the 28th Melakarta rāgam, though it can be derived from other melakarta rāgams, Chakravakam, Sooryakantam, Shankarabharanam, Vagadheeswari or Shoolini, by dropping both rishabham and nishādam.

Popular compositions

rāgam has a few compositions in classical music.

Shrīpatē Nīpada by Thyagaraja
Garuda Gamana by Patnam Subramania Iyer
Sri Sankara Guruvaram by Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan
Gaṃ Gaṇapatē Sadā by Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
Bhutapataye Namo Namaste, Bandhamu Seyaradu by Muthiah Bhagavatar
Shivachidambarame by Muthu Thandavar
Vadana Vijita by Spencer Venugopal

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

''Graha bhedam''

's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields another popular pentatonic rāgam, Hamsadhwani. Graha bhedam 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 illustration of this concept refer Graha bhedam on Hamsadhwani.

Scale similarities

Mohanam is a rāgam which has chathusruthi rishabham in place of the shuddha madhyamam. Its ' structure is S R2 G3 P D2 S : S D2 P G3 R2 S
Shuddha Saveri is a rāgam which has chathusruthi rishabham in place of the antara gandharam. Its ' structure is S R2 M1 P D2 S : S D2 P M1 R2 S