It is a sampoorna ragam - ragam having all 7 swarams. It is the 4th ragam in the 2nd chakra Netra. The mnemonic name is Netra-Bhu. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra gi ma pa dhi ni. Its arohana-avarohana structure is as follows :
Arohana : S R1 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S'
Avarohana : S' N2 D2 P M1 G2 R1 S
The notes used in this scale are shuddha rishabham, sadharana gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kaisiki nishadham. Natakapriya is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Shadvidamargini, which is the 46th melakarta ragam.
Natabharanam is the 10th Melakarta in the original list compiled by Venkatamakhin. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the scales are vakra (zig-zag usage in phrases of the scale). It is an shadava-sampurna raga (6 notes in ascending scale, while full 7 are used in descending scale).
Arohana : S G2 M1 P N2 D2 N2 S'
Avarohana : S'N2 D2 N2 P N2 P M1 G2 G2 R1 R1 S
Sindhu Bhairavi is one of the few janya ragams (derived scales) associated with it. See List of Janya ragams for a full list of its janyas.
1) Natakapriya
S R1 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S'
S' N2 D2 P M1 G2 R1 S
2) Natabharanam
S R1 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S'
S'N2 D2 P M1 G2 R1 S
3) Alankarapriya
S R1 G2 M1 D2 N2 S'
S'N2 D2 M1 G2 R1 S
4) Bhagyashabari
S R1 G2 M1 D2 N2 S'
S' N2 D2 M1 G2 R1 S
4) Deeparamu
S R1 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S'
S' N2 D2 N2 P M1 G2 R1 S
5) Gunavati
S R1 M1 P D2 S
S D2 P M1 R1 S
6) Hindoladeshikam
S M1 R1 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S'
S'P N2 D2 M1 G2 R1 S
7) Kanakadri
S R1 G2 P D2 S'
S'N2 D2 P M1 G2 R1 S
8) Matangakamini
S G2 M1 P D1 N2 S'
S'N2 D1 P M1 G2 S
9) Natyadharana
S R1 M1 P D2 S'
S'N2 D2 P M1 R1 S
10) Niranjana
S R1 G2 M1 P D2 S'
S'N2 D2 P M1 G2 R1 S
11) Shanthabhashini
S R1 G2 M1 P D2 S'
S' N2 D2 P M1 S
12)Shivashakti
S G2 M1 D2 S'
S' N2 D2 M1 G2 S