Shuddha Saveri or à Âuddha sÃÂveri is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music) and Yakshagana music. It is an audava rÃÂgam (or owdava rÃÂgam, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a janya rÃÂgam (derived scale)of the Melakarta ragam Dhëraà Âaá¹ karÃÂbharaá¹Âaá¹ which is 29th Melakarta raga. In Hindustani music it is called Durga. According to the school of Muthuswami Dikshitar, this rÃÂgam is called Devakriya. Karnataka Shuddha Saveri, a janya rÃÂgam of 1st melakarta Kanakangi, is called Shuddha Saveri by the Dikshitar school. Devakriya in the Tyagaraja school of music is a different Raga, which is a Janya of Natabhairavi(Mela 20).
Shuddha Saveri is a symmetric rÃÂgam that does not contain gÃÂndhÃÂram or nishÃÂdam. It is a pentatonic scale (audava-audava ragam in Carnatic music classification â 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):
It is a scale that uses the following variants of the swaras â chatushruti rishabham, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam and chatushruti dhaivatam.
Shuddha Saveri is considered a janya rÃÂgam of Sankarabharanam, the 29th melakarta rÃÂgam, though it can be derived from other melakarta rÃÂgams, Kharaharapriya, Gourimanohari or Harikambhoji, by dropping both gÃÂndhÃÂram and nishÃÂdam.
Here are some popular kritis composed in Shuddha Saveri.
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rÃÂgam.
Shuddha Saveri's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 4 other major pentatonic rÃÂgams, namely, Mohanam, Hindolam, Madhyamavati and Udayaravichandrika (also known as Shuddha Dhanyasi). Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rÃÂgam. See Graha bhedam on Mohanam for more details and illustration of this concept.