Jhalavarali


Jhalavarali, is a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the 39th Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.
It is called in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

Structure and Lakshana

It is the 3rd rāgam in the 7th chakra Rishi. The mnemonic name is Rishi-Go. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra ga mi pa dha nu. Its structure is as follows :
As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam. It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Ganamoorti, which is the 3rd melakarta.

''Janya rāgams''

Jhalavarali has a few janya rāgams associated with it, of which Varali is very popular. See List of janya rāgams for full list of rāgams associated with Jhalavarali.

Compositions

A few compositions set to Jhalavarali are:
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.
Jhalavarali's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields no other melakarta rāgam, like all 6 rāgams in the Rishi chakra. Only these rāgams have a gap of 3 notes anywhere in their scale, between G1|to M2. Such a gap does not occur in any other melakarta by definition.
Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam.