Raga Bhavapriya
Melakarta #44 · Vasu chakraAdvanced
Bhavapriya is melakarta #44 of 72 - raga 2 of the Vasu chakra. Its scale takes shuddha rishabha (R₁), sadharana gandhara (G₂), prati madhyama (M₂), shuddha dhaivata (D₁), and kaisiki nishada (N₂), with Sa and Pa fixed as always. As a sampoorna parent scale it uses all seven swaras in strict order, both ways.
Arohanam & Avarohanam Sa on C
SR₁G₂M₂PD₁N₂Ṡ
ṠN₂D₁PM₂G₂R₁S
The synth plays plain swaras - the gamakas that give Bhavapriya its living shape are learned with an expert.