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Vasantha (pronounced vasantā) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a ''janya'' rāgam of ''Suryakantam'', the 17th ''Melakarta'' rāgam.〔''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications〕 According to P Subba Rao, majority opinion is that the rāgam is derived from ''Mayamalavagowla'', the 15th ''Melakarta'' rāgam.〔''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras〕 ''Vasantha'' is suitable to be sung in evening and is considered an auspicious rāgam.〔 It has been in use for more than 1000 years.〔 == Structure and Lakshana == ''Vasantha'' is an asymmetric scale that does not contain ''panchamam''. It is called a ''vakra audava-shadava'' rāgam,〔''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications〕 in Carnatic music classification (as it has 5 notes with zig-zag notes in ascending scale and 6 notes in descending scale). Its ''ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa'' structure is as follows (see ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): *ārohaṇa : S M1 G3 M1 D2 N3 S *avarohaṇa : S N3 D2 M1 G3 R1 S This scale uses the notes ''shadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham'' and ''kakali nishadam''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vasantha (raga)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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