Kamalaakshi Varnam - Yadukula-Kambhoji Raga - Atta Tala | Dr L Subramaniam

Varnam : Kamalaakshi
Raga : Yadukula-Kambhoji
Tala : Atta
Composer : Veena Kuppayyar (1798-1860)

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Violin: Dr L Subramaniam
Mridangam: VV Ramanamurthy
Ghatam: T N Radhakrishnan

About the raga:
Yadukulakamboji or Yadukulakambodi (yadukulakāmbhōji) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a janya rāgam (derived scale) from the 28th melakarta scale Harikambhoji, and is sometimes spelled as Yadukulakambhoji or Yadukulakambhodi. It is a janya scale, as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes) in the ascending scale. It is a combination of the pentatonic scale Shuddha Saveri and the sampurna raga scale Harikambhoji.

Yadukulakamboji is an asymmetric rāgam that does not contain gandharam and nishadam in the ascending scale. It is an audava-sampurna rāgam (or owdava rāgam, meaning pentatonic ascending scale). Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows:

ārohaṇa : S R₂ M₁ P D₂ Ṡ
avarohaṇa : Ṡ N₂ D₂ P M₁ G₃ R₂ S

The notes used in this scale are shadjam, chathusruthi rishabham, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam and chathusruthi dhaivatam in ascending scale, with kaisiki nishadham and antara gandharam included in descending scale.

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