Raga Vakulabharanam
Melakarta #14 · Agni chakraAdvanced
Vakulabharanam is melakarta #14 of 72 - raga 2 of the Agni chakra. Its scale takes shuddha rishabha (R₁), antara gandhara (G₃), shuddha madhyama (M₁), shuddha dhaivata (D₁), and kaisiki nishada (N₂), 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
SR₁G₃M₁PD₁N₂Ṡ
ṠN₂D₁PM₁G₃R₁S
The synth plays plain swaras - the gamakas that give Vakulabharanam its living shape are learned with an expert.