Dhavalambari

Dhavalambari (pronounced dhavaḻāmbari) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 49th Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Dhavaḻāngam^[1] or Dhavaḻāngi^{[2] [3]} in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

It is the 1st rāgam in the 9th chakra Brahma. The mnemonic name is Brahma-Pa. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra gu mi pa dha na.^[2] 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 G3 M2 P D1 N1 Ṡ^[a]
• avarohaṇa: Ṡ N1 D1 P M2 G3 R1 S^[b]

(the notes used in this scale are shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, shuddha nishadham)

As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Gayakapriya , which is the 13th melakarta.

Dhavalambari has a few minor janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it. See List of janya rāgams for all janya rāgams associated with Dhavalambari.

A few compositions set to Dhavalambari are:

• Karvaya kanda by Koteeswara Iyer
• Srivani pustaka pani by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
• Sringaradi by Muthuswami Dikshitar

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

Dhavalambari's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam , yields no other melakarta rāgam. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the rāgam.

• Melakarta ragas