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From: mayyar@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Mohan Ayyar)
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Subject: Repost: Hamsanadham raga
Date: 2 Sep 1995 04:53:30 GMT
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There hasn't been much activity on this newsgroup this month perhaps
due to the US summer.  Anyway, I thought I'll start off a discussion
of Hamsanadham.

Hamsanadham

There is some conjecture whether Shatsruthi Dha occurs in this
ragam or not.  It is  a janya ragam of mele 60, Nithimati.
It is one of those janya ragams that is more popular than its
parent.  

I have seen the arohana/avarohana as
S R2 M2 P D3 N3 S / S N3 D3 N3 P M2 R2 S
This makes it a vivadi raga.

The Net raga list (http://www-bsac.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ksanthan/ragalist.txt)
lists it as:
|60| S R2 M2 P N3 S          | S N3 P M2 R2 S

In this case, if D3 occurs, it can be considered to be just a gamaka
from N3!

This raga has become popular because of Thyagaraja's
Bantureethi Kolu in this ragam.  I am not sure if the 
Dha occurs in this piece.  Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar's
recording of this krithi was probably one of the first.
Chitti Babu's recording of this was probably one of the first
Carnatic music pieces I was exposed to!
I don't think there are compositions by Dikshitar or Shyama
Sastri in this ragam.


I am also aware of two GNB compositions:

1. Dasashatadala
2. Bharama Ee baluni brova

I have been taught the latter without the Dha but the notation
in the GNB book shows that it does occur.  Sanjay Subramahmanyan
makes the point that many of the compositions in the GNB book 
have been completed (or at least notated) by S. Kalyanaraman, who
was a proponent of the use of D3 in Hamsanadham.

The Dha occurs at the end of the chitta swaram for Dasashatadala and creates
a very nice effect. (NS'NDN)  Again, it is unclear if the chitta
swaram is GNB's own or has been added by Kalyanaraman or someone else.

Madhyamakala kalpana swaras also sound good in this ragam. 

Mohan Ayyar
http://www.usyd.edu.au/~mayyar/music.html
mayyar@extro.ucc.su.oz.au