Jhalavarali (pronounced , meaning A moon with the sun's heat), is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 39th Melakarta rÃÂgam in the 72 melakarta rÃÂgam system of Carnatic music.
It is called (VarÃÂḻi) in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
It is the 3rd rÃÂgam in the 7th chakra Rishi. The mnemonic name is Rishi-Go. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra ga mi 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 in this scale : shuddha rishabham, shuddha gandharam, prati 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 prati madhyamam equivalent of Ganamoorti, which is the 3rd melakarta.
Jhalavarali has a few janya rÃÂgams (derived scale) associated with it, of which Varali is very popular. See List of janya rÃÂgams for full list of rÃÂgams associated with Jhalavarali.
A few compositions set to Jhalavarali are:
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rÃÂgam.
Jhalavarali's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields no other melakarta rÃÂgam, like all 6 rÃÂgams in the Rishi chakra (Salagam, Jalarnavam, Navaneetam, Pavani and Raghupriya being the other 5). Only these rÃÂgams have a gap of 3 notes anywhere in their scale, between G1|to M2. Such a gap does not occur in any other melakarta by definition.