Raga Suryakantam
Melakarta #17 · Agni chakraAdvanced
Suryakantam is melakarta #17 of 72 - raga 5 of the Agni chakra. Its scale takes shuddha rishabha (R₁), antara gandhara (G₃), 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
SR₁G₃M₁PD₂N₃Ṡ
ṠN₃D₂PM₁G₃R₁S
The synth plays plain swaras - the gamakas that give Suryakantam its living shape are learned with an expert.