Gangeyabhushani (pronounced gÃÂngæyabhà «shani) is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 33rd Melakarta rÃÂgam in the 72 melakarta rÃÂgam system of Carnatic music.
It is called GangÃÂtarangini in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
It is the 3rd rÃÂgam in the 6th chakra Rutu. The mnemonic name is Rutu-Go. The mnemonic phrase is sa ru gu ma pa dha nu. Its structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
The notes present in this scale are shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, kakali nishadham.
As it is a melakarta rÃÂgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rÃÂgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Dhatuvardani, which is the 69th melakarta.
Gangeyabhushani currently has no janya rÃÂgams (derived scales) associated with it. See List of janya rÃÂgams to look up all janya rÃÂgams.
A few compositions set to Gangeyabhooshani are:
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rÃÂgam.
Gangeyabhushani's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields Neetimati, a minor melakarta rÃÂgam. 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 Gangeyabhushani.