Shamalangi or Shyamalangi (pronounced ) is a ragam in Carnatic music (classical music of southern India). It is the 55th in the 72 melakarta rÃÂgam system of Carnatic music, and is called ' in the Muthuswami Dikshitar school of that genre.
Shamalang is the 1st rÃÂgam in the 10th chakra Disi. Its mnemonic name is Disi-Pa; the mnemonic phrase associated with it is sa ri gi mi pa dha na. Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on notation and terms):
Shamalangi's swaras are chathusruthi rishabham, sadharana gandharam, prati madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham and shuddha nishadham. As it is a melakarta rÃÂgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rÃÂgam (containing all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Jhankaradhwani, which is the 19th melakarta scale.
Shamalangi has a couple of minor janya rÃÂgams (derived scales) associated with it (see List of janya rÃÂgams).
A few compositions set to Shamalangi rÃÂgam are:
When shifted using Graha Bhedam, Shamalangi's notes yield two minor melakarta rÃÂgams: Ganamoorti and Vishwambari. Graha Bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies the same while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rÃÂgam. For more details and an example, see Graha Bhedam on Ganamoorti.