Revagupti


Revagupti is a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is a pentatonic scale. It is a janya rāgam, as it does not have all the seven swaras.
It is a morning rāgam. The similar scales in Hindustani music are Rewa and Bibhas.

Structure and Lakshana

Revagupti is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain madhyamam or nishādham. It is a symmetric pentatonic scale. Its ascending and descending scale is as follows:
The notes used in this scale are shadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, panchamam and shuddha dhaivatham, as per Carnatic music notation and terms for the swaras. Revagupti is considered a janya rāgam of Mayamalavagowla, the 15th Melakarta rāgam, though it can be derived from 5 other melakarta rāgams by dropping both the madhyamam and nishādham.

Popular Compositions

Here are a few songs composed in Revagupti.

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Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Scale similarities