Raga Varunapriya
Melakarta #24 · Veda chakraAdvanced
Varunapriya is melakarta #24 of 72 - raga 6 of the Veda chakra. Its scale takes chatussruti rishabha (R₂), sadharana gandhara (G₂), shuddha madhyama (M₁), 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
SR₂G₂M₁PD₃N₃Ṡ
ṠN₃D₃PM₁G₂R₂S
The synth plays plain swaras - the gamakas that give Varunapriya its living shape are learned with an expert.