Latangi

Latangi (pronounced latāngi, _sa. लतांगि, _ta. லதாங்கி) is a rāgam (musical scale) in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music). It is the 63^rd Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.

It is called "Geetapriya" "Ragas in Carnatic music" by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications] "Raganidhi" by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras] in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

tructure and Lakshana

It is the 3^rd rāgam in the 11^th chakra "Rudra". The mnemonic name is "Rudra-Go". The mnemonic phrase is "sa ri gu mi pa dha nu" .

Its IAST|ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see "swaras in Carnatic music" for details on below notation and terms):
*IAST|ārohaṇa: S R2 G3 M2 P D1 N3 S
*IAST|avarohaṇa: S N3 D1 P M2 G3 R2 S(Chathusruthi Rishabham, Antara Gandharam, Prati Madhyamam, Suddha Dhaivatham, Kakali Nishadham)

As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale).

Janya Rāgams

Latangi has a few minor janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it. See "List of Janya Rāgams" for full list of rāgams associated with Latangi.

Compositions

Here are a few common compositions sung in concerts, set to Latangi.

*"Diname sudhinamu" by Thyagaraja
*"Marivere" and "Aparadamulan" by Patnam Subramania Iyer
*"Tamralochani Latangi" by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
*"Pirava varam tharum" by Papanasam Sivan

Related rāgams

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.

Latangi's notes when shifted using Graha bedham, yields 2 other Melakarta rāgams, namely, "Suryakantam" and "Senavati". Graha bedham is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the Shadjam to the next note in the rāgam.

References