Raga Gavambodhi
Melakarta #43 · Vasu chakraAdvanced
Gavambodhi is melakarta #43 of 72 - raga 1 of the Vasu chakra. Its scale takes shuddha rishabha (R₁), sadharana gandhara (G₂), prati madhyama (M₂), shuddha dhaivata (D₁), and shuddha nishada (N₁), 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
SR₁G₂M₂PD₁N₁Ṡ
ṠN₁D₁PM₂G₂R₁S
The synth plays plain swaras - the gamakas that give Gavambodhi its living shape are learned with an expert.