Karnataka Shuddha Saveri is a rÃÂgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is an audava rÃÂgam (or owdava rÃÂgam, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a janya rÃÂgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes).
This scale is known as Shuddha SÃÂveri in the Muthuswami Dikshitar school of music. This scale is quite different from the popular Shuddha Saveri pentatonic scale, which is known as Devakriya in Dikshitar school of music.
Karnataka Shuddha Saveri is a symmetric rÃÂgam that does not contain gandharam or nishÃÂdam. It is a symmetric pentatonic scale (audava-audava ragam in Carnatic music classification - audava meaning 'of 5'). 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, shuddha rishabham, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam and shuddha dhaivatham. It is considered a janya rÃÂgam of Kanakangi, the 1st Melakarta rÃÂgam, though it can be derived from 8 other melakarta rÃÂgams, by dropping both gandharam and nishÃÂdam.
This rÃÂgam lends itself for creative elaboration and creative exploration due to the use of shuddha notes.
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rÃÂgam.
Karnataka Shuddha Saveri's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 1 popular pentatonic rÃÂgam, Amritavarshini. 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 more details and illustration of this concept refer Graha bhedam on Amritavarshini.