KÃÂpi is a popular rÃÂga in Carnatic music, the classical music of South India. KÃÂpi is a janya rÃÂgam of Kharaharapriya with a meandering vakra scale. Typically performed at slow and medium speeds, it is capable of inducing moods of devotion, pathos and sadness in the listeners. KÃÂpi is different from the Hindustani raag and thaat Kafi. The equivalent raag in Hindustani is Pilu.
KÃÂpi is an audava-vakra sampoorna rÃÂgam with an ascending pentatonic scale and a descending scale with seven notes, but not in a descending order. Use of Kakali Nishadam and Anthara Gandharam make it a Bhashanga Raagam.
The presence of different nishÃÂda swarÃÂs (N<sub>2</sub> and N<sub>3</sub>) lends a distinctive quality to KÃÂpi, along with the fact that it uses a set of vakra swarÃÂs (N<sub>2</sub> D<sub>2</sub> N<sub>2</sub>).
There is also a mild presence of shuddha daivatham (D<sub>1</sub>) that renders an invaluable feeling of devotion to the raagam. This, and the presence of Anthara Gandharam (G<sub>3</sub>) makes it difficult to pinpoint the exact nature of the avarohana of the raagam.
In the song Jagadhodharana composed by Sangeeta Pitamaha Sri Purandara Dasa, the note Suddha Dhaivatham (Dha1) also occurs as a foreign note(anya swara)
Kapi ragam gives the feeling Devotion, Sentiment and happiness
Some of the popular compositions in KÃÂpi are:
<nowiki>**</nowiki> KÃÂpi of Muthuswami Dikshitar is quite different from the traditional KÃÂpi and often cited as karNATaka KÃÂpi
The Moorchana of KÃÂpi as per Venkatamakhin is S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S/ N2 D2 P M1 G2 G2 R2 S
Songs listed below are composed in Raga Pilu (raga) which is Hindustani equivalent to Raga Kapi (raga)
Songs listed below are composed in Raga Pilu which is the Hindustani equivalent of Raga Kapi.