Raga Gourimanohari
Melakarta #23 · Veda chakraAdvanced
Gourimanohari is melakarta #23 of 72 - raga 5 of the Veda chakra. Its scale takes chatussruti rishabha (R₂), sadharana gandhara (G₂), shuddha madhyama (M₁), chatussruti dhaivata (D₂), and kakali nishada (N₃), 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
SR₂G₂M₁PD₂N₃Ṡ
ṠN₃D₂PM₁G₂R₂S
The synth plays plain swaras - the gamakas that give Gourimanohari its living shape are learned with an expert.