Raga Raghupriya
Melakarta #42 · Rishi chakraAdvanced
Raghupriya is melakarta #42 of 72 - raga 6 of the Rishi chakra. Its scale takes shuddha rishabha (R₁), shuddha gandhara (G₁), prati madhyama (M₂), shatsruti dhaivata (D₃), 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
SR₁G₁M₂PD₃N₃Ṡ
ṠN₃D₃PM₂G₁R₁S
The synth plays plain swaras - the gamakas that give Raghupriya its living shape are learned with an expert.