Suvarnangi (pronounced , meaning the golden bodied one) is a rÃÂgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 47th melakarta rÃÂgam in the 72 melakarta rÃÂgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Souveeram or Sauviram in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
It is the 5th rÃÂgam in the 8th chakra Vasu. The mnemonic name is Vasu-Ma. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra gi mi pa dhi nu. Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
Its swaras are shuddha rishabham, sadharana gandharam, prati madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadham. As it is a melakarta rÃÂgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rÃÂgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Kokilapriya, which is the 11th melakarta.
Suvarnangi has a few minor janya rÃÂgams (derived scales) associated with it. See List of janya rÃÂgams for full list of rÃÂgams associated with Suvarnangi.
A few compositions set to Suvarnangi rÃÂgam are:
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rÃÂgam.
Suvarnangi's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields no 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.