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Hamsanandi (pronounced hamsānandi) is arāgam inCarnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a hexatonic scale (shadava rāgam, which means "of 6"). It is a derived scale (janya rāgam), as it does not have all the sevenswaras (musical notes).Hamsanandi is ajanya rāgam ofGamanashrama, the 53rdMelakarta rāgam. It has only the invariantpanchamam missing from its parent scale,Gamanashrama, likeShree ranjani.[1]
Sohni raga inHindustani classical music that belongs to theMarwathaat resembles Hamsanandi.[1][2]
Hamsanandi is a symmetric scale that does not containpanchamam. It is called ashadava-shadava rāgam,[1][2] in Carnatic music classification (as it has 6 notes in both ascending and descending scales). Itsārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is as follows (seeswaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
This scale uses the notesshadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham andkakali nishadam.
Hamsanandi is an evening rāgam.[1] It has ample scope foralapana andswara prasthara (phrases of notes). This scale has been used by many composers for compositions in classical music. It has been used to score film music too. Here are some popular compositions inHamsanandi.
Songs composed inSohni(Hindustani) are listed below which sound similar to Hamsanandi(Carnatic)
| Song | Movie | Composer | Singers |
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| Kuhu Kuhu Bole Koyaliya | Suvarna Sundari | P. Adinarayana Rao | Mohammad Rafi &Lata Mangeshkar |
| Jhumati Chali Hava | Sangeet Samrat Tansen | S. N. Tripathi | Mukesh (singer) |
| Prem Jogan Ban Ke | Mughal-e-Azam | Naushad | Bade Ghulam Ali Khan |
| Jivan Jyot Jale | Grahasti (film) | Ravi (composer) | Asha Bhosle |
| Kanha Re Kanha | Truck Driver(1970 film) | Sonik-Omi | Lata Mangeshkar |
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.
