Hamsadhvani
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Hamsadhvani (meaning "the cry of the swan"[1]), is a rāga in Carnatic music (musical scale of Carnatic tradition of Indian classical music). It is an audava rāgam (or owdava rāga, meaning pentatonic scale).[2] It is a janya rāga of the Melakartha raga, Sankarabharanam (29th) but according to Hamsadhvani's prayoga or the way it is sung it is said to be the janya of Kalyani (65th).
Thaat | Bilaval |
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Type | Audava |
Time of day | Early night, 9–12[1] |
Arohana | S R G P N Ṡ[1] |
Avarohana | Ṡ N P G R S[1] |
Pakad | G P N - Ṡ N P G |
Vadi | P |
Samavadi | R |
Similar | Shankara |
Hamsadhvani is also extensively used in Hindustani music and is borrowed into it from Carnatic music.[3] It was created by the Carnatic composer Ramaswami Dikshitar (1735–1817),[4] father of Muthuswami Dikshitar (one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music), and brought into Hindustani music by Aman Ali Khan of the Bhendibazaar gharana. It has become popular due to Amir Khan.