Sucharitra is a rÃÂgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 67th melakarta rÃÂgam (parent scale) in the 72 melakarta rÃÂgam system of Carnatic music. It is considered an unattractive raga and is rarely performed. It is called SantÃÂna manjari in the Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
It is the 1st rÃÂgam in the 12th chakra Aditya. The mnemonic name is Aditya-Pa. The mnemonic phrase is sa ru gu mi pa dha na. Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
The swaras used in this scale are shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham and shuddha nishadham. Sucharitra, being a melakarta rÃÂgam, by definition is a sampoorna rÃÂgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Yagapriya, which is the 31st melakarta scale.
Sucharitra currently has no janya rÃÂgam (derived scale) associated with it. See List of janya rÃÂgams for those janyas associated with other melakarta rÃÂgams.
Sucharitra scale has been used for the following compositions:
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rÃÂgam.
Sucharitra's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, does not yield any other melakarta rÃÂgam. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rÃÂgam.