Hamsanandi


Hamsanandi is a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is a hexatonic scale. It is a derived scale, as it does not have all the seven swaras. Hamsanandi is a janya rāgam of Gamanashrama, the 53rd Melakarta rāgam. It has only the invariant panchamam missing from its parent scale, Gamanashrama, like Shree ranjani.
Sohni raga in Hindustani classical music that belongs to the Marwa thaat resembles Hamsanandi.

Structure and Lakshana

Hamsanandi is a symmetric scale that does not contain panchamam. It is called a shadava-shadava rāgam, in Carnatic music classification. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is as follows :
This scale uses the notes shadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadam.

Popular compositions

Hamsanandi is an evening rāgam. It has ample scope for alapana and swara prasthara. 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 in Hamsanandi.

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Related rāgams

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

Scale similarities