Chalanata (pronounced chalanÃÂta) is a rÃÂgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 36th Melakarta rÃÂgam in the 72 melakarta rÃÂgam system of Carnatic music. It is one of the few rÃÂgams referred by the same name in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
It is the 6th rÃÂgam in the 6th chakra Rutu. The mnemonic name is Rutu-Sha. The mnemonic phrase is sa ru gu ma pa dhu nu. Its structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
The notes used in this scale are shadjam, shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, shatsruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadham. As it is a melakarta rÃÂgam, by definition it is a sampurna rÃÂgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Rasikapriya, which is the 72nd (last) melakarta.
ChalanÃÂta (also pronounced ChalanÃÂttai) has two popular janya rÃÂgams (derived scales) associated with it, namely NÃÂta (NÃÂttai) and GhambheeranÃÂta (GambheeranÃÂttai). NÃÂta ragam compositions are sung often in concerts and it overshadows ChalanÃÂta. See List of Janya RÃÂgams for list of janya rÃÂgams associated with ChalanÃÂta.
A few compositions set to ChalanÃÂta are:
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rÃÂgam.
Chalanata's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields a major Melakarta rÃÂgam Shubhapantuvarali. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rÃÂgam. For further details and an illustration refer Graha bhedam on Chalanata.