Mayamalavagowla

carnatic

மாயாமாளவகௌள

Classification

Melakarta

#15

Scale

Ārohana (Ascending)

S R1 G3 M1 P D1 N3 S'

Avarohana (Descending)

S' N3 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S

Characteristic Notes

Vadi (King)

S (Shadja)

Samvadi (Queen)

P (Pancham)

About

The 15th melakarta, traditionally the first raga taught to Carnatic students. Its scale is perfectly symmetric — the intervals on the ascent mirror those on the descent exactly.

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