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Arohana,Arohanam,Aroh orAroha, in the context ofIndian classical music, is the ascendingscale of notes in araga.[1] The pitch increases as we go up from Shadja (Sa) to the Taar Shadja (Sa), possibly in a crooked (vakra) manner.
InHindustani classical music, the ascending scale's notes are S R G M P D and N. Lower forms of notes are written in lower case, like r g m d n (S and P are fixed notes), while the first scale given above is that of higher form of the notes. The English notes C D E F G A and B correspond to S R G M P D and N, when C is taken as the tonal note (S is sung at C).
InCarnatic music, the ascending scale's notes for the variant notes R G M D and N have a subscript number indicating the specific variant (see examples below).
InMultani, the aroha is 'N S g M P N S' (lowercase notes are the lower forms, while uppercase notes are the higher forms, and an apostrophe preceding or following a note denotes the lower or higher octave – seeswara).
InSankarabharanam ragam (29thMelakarta in 72 parent ragam scheme ofCarnatic music) the Arohana isS R2 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S.[1] Seeswaras in Carnatic music for explanation of notation.
InAbhogi ragam, which is ajanya ragam of 22nd melakartaKharaharapriya, the Arohana isS R2 G2 M1 D2 S.[1] In this ragam certain notes are excluded so the raga is totally changed.