Sunadavinodini 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 raga was discovered by Mysore Vasudevachar.
Sunadavinodini is a symmetric rÃÂgam that does not contain rishabham and panchamam. 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):
(notes used in this scale are antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham, kakali nishadham)
Sunadavinodini is considered a janya rÃÂgam of Gamanashrama, the 53rd Melakarta rÃÂgam, though it can be derived from 2 other melakarta rÃÂgams, Kalyani or Kosalam, by dropping both rishabham and panchamam.
Sunadavinodini rÃÂgam lends itself for elaboration and exploration and has many compositions. Here are some popular kritis composed in Sunadavinodini.
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rÃÂgam.
Sunadavinodini's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 2 other pentatonic rÃÂgams, namely, Shivaranjani and Revati. See Graha bhedam on Shivaranjani for more details and an illustration.