Yagapriya (pronounced yÃÂgapriya) is a rÃÂgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 31st melakarta rÃÂgam in the 72 melakarta rÃÂgam system of Carnatic music. It is called KalÃÂvati in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music. Like many other rÃÂgas, KalÃÂvati has been adopted in Hindustani music as well.
It is the 1st rÃÂgam in the 6th chakra Rutu. The mnemonic name is Rutu-Pa. The mnemonic phrase is sa ru gu ma 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 notes shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham and shuddha nishadham are used in this rÃÂgam. As Yagapriya is a melakarta, by definition it is a sampoorna rÃÂgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Sucharitra, which is the 67th melakarta scale.
Yagapriya has a few minor janya rÃÂgams (derived scales) associated with it. See List of janya rÃÂgams for full list of rÃÂgams associated with Yagapriya.
A few compositions set to Yagapriya rÃÂgam are:
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rÃÂgam.
Yagapriya's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, does not yield any melakarta rÃÂgams. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rÃÂgam.