Raga Jhalavarali
Melakarta #39 · Rishi chakraAdvanced
Jhalavarali is melakarta #39 of 72 - raga 3 of the Rishi chakra. Its scale takes shuddha rishabha (R₁), shuddha gandhara (G₁), prati madhyama (M₂), shuddha dhaivata (D₁), 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
SR₁G₁M₂PD₁N₃Ṡ
ṠN₃D₁PM₂G₁R₁S
The synth plays plain swaras - the gamakas that give Jhalavarali its living shape are learned with an expert.