Shanmukhapriya

Shanmukhapriya is a ragam in Carnatic music. It is the 56th melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Chāmaram in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music. It is said to be borrowed into Hindustani music from Carnatic music. Many compositions on Lord Murugan and Lord Shiva are based on this raaga.

Structure and Lakshana

[Image:Shanmukhapriya scale.svg|thumb|right|300px|Shanmukhapriya scale with shadjam at C]
It is the 2nd rāgam in the 10th chakra Disi. The mnemonic name is Disi-Sri. The mnemonic phrase is sa ri gi mi pa dha ni. Its structure is as follows :

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This scale uses the swaras chatushruti rishabham, sadharana gandharam, prati madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatam and kaisiki nishadam. As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam. It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Natabhairavi, which is the 20th melakarta scale.

''Janya'' rāgams

Shanmukhapriya has a few minor janya rāgams associated with it. See List of janya rāgams for scales associated with Shanmukhapriya.

Compositions

Here are a few common compositions sung in concerts, set to Shanmukhapriya.

Vaddane vaaru by Tyagaraja
Marivere Dikkevarayya by Patnam Subramania Iyer
Parvati Nayakane, Sharavanabhava Enum, Andavane Unnai and Kannanai Pani Maname by Papanasam Sivan
Abhimaanamutho Nannubrovaradha by Mysore Vasudevachar
Yake Bagila Hakiruvi By Vadiraja Tirtha
Mooru Namagala By Gopala Dasa
Hoo beke Parimalada, Kotta bhagyave sako, Januma Janumadali By Vidyaprasanna Teertha in Kannada
Valli Nayakane by Muthiah Bhagavatar
Vilayada idu nerama by T.N. Bala of USA
Sada tava pAda sannidhim by M. Balamuralikrishna
Omkara Pranava, a pada varnam in Shanmukhapriya by M. Balamuralikrishna
Stava Vârdita Vikramà by Kalyani Varadarajan
Mamava Karunaya by Swathi Thirunal Rama VarmaBhavasagaram and Thandhai Thai Irundhal by Gopalakrishna Bharathi
The compositions of Muthuswami Dikshitar, namely, Siddhi Vinayakam, Mahasuram Ketumaham, Sadashraye and Ekamreshanayakim have their school's rāgam name Chāmaram mudra in them. Mahasuram Ketumaham is disputed to be his disciples composition by some.
A composition later set to Shanmukapriya is Muthai tharu pathi by Arunagirinathar

Film Songs

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Ascending:S G2 M2 P N2 S
Descending:S N2 P M2 G2 S

Song	Movie	Composer	Singer
Antha Maanai Parungal	Andaman Kadhali	M. S. Viswanathan	KJ Yesudas, Vani Jayaram
Oru Naal Iravu	Kaaviya Thalaivi	M. S. Viswanathan	P. Suseela
Naan Paadiya Paatai	Vazhkai Vazhvatharke	M. S. Viswanathan	P. B. Sreenivas, P. Susheela
Vaazhandhal Unnodu	Savithiri (1980 film)	M. S. Viswanathan	Vani Jairam
Parvai Ondre Pothume	Yaar Nee?	Vedha	T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari
Edho Ninaivugal	Agal Vilakku	Ilaiyaraaja	KJ Yesudas, S. P. Sailaja
Kaala Kaalamaaga Vaazhum	Punnagai Mannan	Ilaiyaraaja	S P Balasubramaniam, K S Chitra
Kannamma Kaadhalenum Kavidhai	Vanna Vanna Pookkal	Ilaiyaraaja	Ilaiyaraaja, S. Janaki
Nalam Vaazha	Marupadiyum	Ilaiyaraaja	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Sangathamizh Kaviye	Manathil Uruthi Vendum	Ilaiyaraaja	K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra
Jal Jal Jal Salangai Kulunga	Ponnuketha Purushan	Ilaiyaraaja	P. Jayachandran, Swarnalatha
Puthu Kaveri Karai	Pudhiya Swarangal	Ilaiyaraaja	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra
Vaalvellam Inbam Inbam	Poongatru Puthithanathu	MS Geethan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra
Alaikadal	Ponniyin Selvan: I	A. R. Rahman	Antara Nandy
Vinmeengalai Thaandi Vaazhum Kadhal BGM	Uyire	A. R. Rahman	Sukhwinder Singh & Palakkad Sriram
Oru Kelvi Unnai	Priyam	Vidyasagar	P. Unnikrishnan, Sujatha Mohan
Vannanilavae Vannanilavae	Ninaithen Vandhai	Deva	Hariharan
Unai Ninaithu Naan Enai	Ninaithen Vandhai	Deva	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra, Sujatha Mohan
Sollaikulla Kaatukulla	Dharma Chakkaram	Deva	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha Mohan
Adikkira Kai Anaikkuma	Natpukkaga	Deva	Harini
Chum Chum	Enakkoru Magan Pirappan	Karthik Raja	Bhavatharini, Karthik Raja
Vaan Nilavudhaan	Pugaippadam	Gangai Amaran	Vijay Yesudas
Azhagu Kutti Chellam	Satham Podathey	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Shankar Mahadevan
Kanna Nee Ennai	Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam	G. V. Prakash Kumar	Bombay Jayashri,Naveen Iyer,D.A. Srinivas
Lazy Song	Oh Manapenne!	Vishal Chandrashekhar	Sinduri Vishal, Lady Kash

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.
Shanmukhapriya's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 3 other major melakarta rāgams, namely, Shoolini, Dhenuka and Chitrambari. 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 further details and an illustration refer Graha bhedam on Shanmukhapriya.
Shanmukhapriya corresponds to Hungarian Gypsy scale in Western music.