Revati (raga)

Revati is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain gāndhāram or dhaivatam. It is a pentatonic scale (audava-audava ragam[1][2] in Carnatic music classification – audava meaning 'of 5'). Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):

• ārohaṇa : S R₁ M₁ P N₂ Ṡ[lower-alpha 1]
• avarohaṇa : Ṡ N₂ P M₁ R₁ S[lower-alpha 2]

(notes used in this scale are shuddha rishabham, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, kaisiki nishadham)

Revati is considered a janya rāgam of Ratnangi, the 2nd Melakarta rāgam, though it can be derived from other melakarta rāgams, Vanaspati, Hanumatodi, Natakapriya, Vakulabharanam or Chakravakam, by dropping both gāndhāram and dhaivatam.

Revati rāgam lends itself for elaboration and exploration and has many compositions. Here are some popular kritis composed in Revati.

• Jagannatha anatharakshaka by Subba Rao
• Nanati baduku by Annamacharya
• Dhavalagangeya Gangadhara By Vadiraja Tirtha
• Parvati Bhagavathi By Ganakalabhushana R. K. Padmanabha
• Rogaharane krupasagara, Siri Ramana, Venkatesha Stavaraja By Jagannatha Dasa
• Mahadeva shiva shambho by Thanjavur Sankara Iyer
• Bho shambho shiva shambho svayambho by Swami Dayananda Saraswati
• navaratna bhushanalankrte by Kollegal R Subramanian
• Vâni Vēna Pâni by Kalyani Varadarajan

Lalgudi Jayaraman has also composed a melodious Thillana in this rāgam.

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

In Japanese/Western music Revati corresponds to Insen scale