Raga Kanakangi
Melakarta #1 · Indu chakraAdvanced
Kanakangi is melakarta #1 of 72 - raga 1 of the Indu chakra. Its scale takes shuddha rishabha (R₁), shuddha gandhara (G₁), shuddha madhyama (M₁), 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
SR₁G₁M₁PD₁N₁Ṡ
ṠN₁D₁PM₁G₁R₁S
The synth plays plain swaras - the gamakas that give Kanakangi its living shape are learned with an expert.