Natabhairavi Ragam
Natabhairavi is a ragam in Carnatic music. It is the 20th melakarta ragam in the 72 melakarta ragam system. It corresponds to the Natural minor scale of western music system.
Natabhairavi corresponds to the Asavari thaat of Hindustani music. In the Muthuswami Dikshitar school this ragam is called Nariritigowla. Natabhairavi is known to be a ragam that incites feelings of grandeur and devotion in the listeners.
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Natabhairavi scale with shadjam at C
It is the 2nd ragam in the 4th chakra Veda. The mnemonic name is Veda-Sri. The mnemonic phrase is sa ri gi ma pa dha ni.
Arohana : S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S'
Avarohana : S' N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
This scale uses the notes chatushruti rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha daivatam, kaishiki nishadam)
It is a sampoorna ragam - ragam having all 7 swarams. It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Shanmukhapriya, which is the 56th melakarta.
Asampurna Melakarta
Nariritigowla is the 20th Melakarta in the original list compiled by Venkatamakhin. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the scales have vakra prayoga
Arohana: S G2 R2 G2 M1 N2 D1 M1 N2 N2 S'
Avarohana: S' N2 D1 M1 G2 M1 P M1 G2 R2 S
Janya ragams
Natabhairavi has a number of popular janya ragams such as Bhairavi,’’Anandabhairavi’’,Saramati, Jaunpuri, Hindolam (sometimes Hindolam is also associated as a Janya of Hanumatodi), Darbari Kanada and Jayanthasree. See List of janya ragams for a full list of Natabhairavi's janya ragams.
1) Natabhairavi
S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
2) Nareretigowla
S G2 R2 G2 M1 N2 D1 M1 N2 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 G2 M1 P M1 G2 R2 S
3) Abheri (Dikshitar School)
S M1 G2 M1 P P S'
S' N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S
4) Anandabhairavi
S G2 R2 G2 M1 P D2 P S'
S' N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S
5) Amrithavahini
S R2 M1 P D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 G2 R2 S
6) Bhairavi
S G2 R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
7) Bhuvanagandhari
S R2 M1 P N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G2 S
8) Chapagantarva
S G2 M1 P N2
D1 M1 G2 R2 S N2
9) Darbari Kanada
N2 S R2 G2 R2 S M1 P D1 N2 S'
S' D1 N2 P M1 P G2 M1 R2 S
10) Devakriya
S R2 M1 P N2 S'
S' N2 D1 N2 P M1 G2 R2 S
11) Dhanashree
N2 S G2 M1 P N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S
12) Dharmaprakashini
S R2 M1 P N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 G2 R2 S
13) Dilipika Vasantha
S G2 M1 P D1 P N2 S'
S' D1 P M1 R2 S
14) Divyagandhari
S G2 M1 P D1 N2 S'
S' N2 P M1 G2 S
15) Gopikavasantam
S R2 G2 M1 P D1 P N2
S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
16) Hindolam
S G2 M1 D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 G2 S
17) Hindolavasanta
S G2 M1 P D1 N2 D1 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 D2 M1 G2 S
18) Indughantarava
S G2 M1 P D1 P
N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S N2
19) Jayanthashri
S G2 M1 D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 P M1 G2 S
20) Jinga?a
S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N2 D1 P S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
21) Jonpuri
S R2 M1 P D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
22) Katyayani
S R2 G2 P D1 S'
S' D1 P G2 R2 S
23) Kanakavasantham
S G2 M1 P N2 D1 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
24) Kshanika
S G2 M1 P D1 S'
S' D1 P M1 G2 S
26) Manji
S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 P M1 P G2 R2 S
27) Mahati cf. Mela 28&43 (Mahathi)
S G2 P D1 N2 S'
S' N2 P G2 R2 S
28) Malkosh
S G2 M1 D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 G2 S
29) ArgahindOLaM
S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S'
S' N2 D2 P M1 G2 S
30) Nagagandhari
S R2 M1 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
31) Navarathna Vilasam
S R2 G2 M1 P D1 P S'
S' D1 P M1 G2 M1 R2 S
32) Nilamati
S G2 M1 P D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 G2 S
33) Nilaveni
S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N2 D1 S'
S' D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
34) Poornashadjam
S R2 G2 M1 N2 N2 S
S R2 G2 M1 N2 S'
S' N2 P M1 G2 R2 S
S N2 P M1 G2 R2 S
35) Rajarajeshwari
S R2 M1 P D1 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
36) Saramati
S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 G2 S
37) Saranga Kapi
S R1 P M1 R1 P R1 M1 P N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S
38) Sharadapriya
S R2 G2 P N2 S'
S' N2 P G2 R2 S
39) Shree Navarasachandrika
S R2 G2 M1 P D1 S'
S' D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
40) Sindhu Dhanyasi
S G2 M1 P N2 S'
S' N2 D1 M1 P M1 G2 R2 S
41) Shuddha Desi
S R2 G2 R2 M1 P D1 N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S
42) Shuddha Salavi
S G2 M1 P N2 S'
S' N2 P M1 R2 S
43) Sukumari
S G2 M1 P N2 D1 N2 S'
S' N2 P M1 G2 M1 R2 S
44) Sushama
S R2 M1 P D1 S'
S' D1 P M1 R2 S
45) Sutradhari (Also 27)
S R2 M1 P D1 S
S D1 P M1 R2 S
46) Tarkshika
S R2 M1 P N2 S'
S' N2 D1 P M1 R2 G2 R2 S
47)Udayaraga
S G2 M1 P N2 S'
S' N2 P M1 G2 S
48) Vasantavarali
S R2 M1 P D1 S'
S' N2 D1 P G2 R2 S
Tamil
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Kannada
- Song - Tunturu Alli Neera Haadu - Amrithavaie
Sri valli devasena pate is a popular composition in Natabhairavi, composed by Papanasam Sivan. Parulaseva by Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar is another well known composition in this ragam. Upacharamu jeseva, in janya ragam Bhairavi composed by Thyagaraja is also popular.
Muthuswami Dikshitar's composition sri nilotpalanayike is set to Nariritigowla.
Even though Natabhairavi has quite evenly spaced swara sthanas (pitch positions, notes) like the other 5 in this group, it has not found as much importance in concerts. One is likely to find Kalyani, Todi, Sankarabharanam and Karaharapriya as the main ragam in concerts, more often than Natabhairavi by a big count.
Except for madhyamam, all other swara prayoga(usage in practice) resemble Shanmukhapriya. Especially, when one uses the notes from panchamam(P) to gandharam(G2) in Arohana and vice versa in Avarohana, this ragam can be easily confused to be Shanmukhapriya while actually.