Thyagaraja Mangalam is a rÃÂgam in Carnatic music(musical scale of South Indian classical music) created by music composer . Named after Carnatic vocalist and musicologist T. M. Thyagarajan. It is the Janya raga of 23rd Melakarta rÃÂgam Gowri Manohari in the 72 melakarta rÃÂgam system of Carnatic music.
The Western equivalent is the jazz minor scale but the second and sixth note is omitted in ascending.
There is no equivalent rÃÂgam in Hindustani music.
Thyagaraja Mangalam is an asymmetric rÃÂgam that does not contain rishabham or dhaivatam in the ascending scale. It is an audava-sampurna rÃÂgam (or owdava rÃÂgam, meaning pentatonic ascending scale). Its structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows.
The notes used in this scale are shadjam, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam and kakali nishadham in ascending scale and chatushruti rishabham and chatushruti daivatam added in descending scale. It is a audava - sampurna rÃÂgam
The composition in this rÃÂgam
Dhyana Moolam - Viruttam