Shree ragam is an ancient ragam in the Carnatic tradition. It is also written as Sri or Shri. This scale is a janya rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes) in the ascending scale.
Shree is a janya rāgam of Kharaharapriya, the 22nd Melakarta rāgam.
It is the last of the 5 Ghana rāgams of Carnatic music.
It is a pleasing and popular rāgam. It is considered to be highly auspicious.
Our trinity used this raga in different styles without disturbing the original scales.
The original scale of this raaga is (Sa re ma pa ne sa sa ne pa da ne pa ma re ga re sa)...
so we all know about arohana and Avarohana....
In trinity, sadguru Sri Tyagayya used this raagam very widely. We all know endaromahanubhavulu the wonderful composition and also last pancharatna.
In that composition tyagayya did not use the PA DA NE prayogam in the whole compostion.. And another composition NAMAKUSUMAMULA in that also same...
pa da ne is a aporva proyogam in shree raaga but Tyagaraja never use that proyogam and attains raaga bhava..
Another famous composer second in trinity Sri muttuswamy deekshitar...
He is king in to use raaga bhava.. SRI VARALAKSHMI is a beautiful composition by deekshitar in same shree raga.. But he uses the raaga with pa da ne proyogam very well... In charanam we get that pa da ne prayogam Sravana pournami. And also in navavarana kruthi Sree kamalambike....
When we observed compositions of Shri Shyamasastry last in trinity he also uses the pa da ne proyogam very rarely. In the composition karunajudu last sangati of pallavi we get that prayogam. ...
So we have different styles simply said BANI in same raaga with out disturbing the scales.. when we listened to other compositions by different composers like papanasanam sivan, karurdevuduiyer (swami ninne kori varnam).......
So I observed that tyagayya has a unique style to establish this shree raaga.....
So I observed that tyagayya has a unique style to establish this shree raaga.....
Hemadri Chandrakanth.
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