Varali

Varali
ArohanamS G₁ R₁ G₁ M₂ P D₁ N₃ Ṡ
AvarohanamṠ N₃ D₁ P M₂ G₁ R₁ S

Varali or Varaali (pronounced varāḷi) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is classified either as the 39th mela kartha raga or as a janya rāgam (derived scale) of the 39th melakarta scale Jhalavarali. Even though it is a mela kartha, the scale is most often rendered with a vakra scale (zig-zag notes) in the ascending scale.

It is a vivadi rāgam. It is the 4th in the list of 5 Ghana rāgams (Nata (raga), Gaula, Arabhi and Shree ragam being the others). In olden times, this rāgam was called Varati, and is said to be more than 1300 years old. It is with this name that it is referred in old musical texts like Sangita Makarandha and Sangita Ratnakara.

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