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'''Ganamurti''' (pronounced gānamūrti, meaning ''the idol of music'') is a [[rāga]]m in [[Carnatic music]] (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 3rd ''[[Melakarta]]'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music.<br />
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It is called '''Gānasāmavarāḷi''' in [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]] school of Carnatic music.<ref name="ragas">''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications</ref><ref name="raganidhi">''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras</ref><br />
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==Structure and Lakshana==<br />
[[Image:Ganamoorti scale.svg|thumb|right|300px|''Ganamurti'' scale with Shadjam at C]]<br />
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It is the 3rd rāgam in the 1st ''chakra Indu''. The mnemonic name is ''Indu-Go''. The mnemonic phrase is ''sa ra ga ma pa dha nu''.<ref name="ragas" /> Its {{IAST|ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa}} structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see ''[[Swara#Swaras in Carnatic music|swaras in Carnatic music]]'' for details on below notation and terms):<br />
*[[Arohana|{{IAST|ārohaṇa}}]]: {{svaraC|S|R1|G1|M1|P|D1|N3|S'|foot=yes}}<br />
*[[Avarohana|{{IAST|avarohaṇa}}]]: {{svaraC|S'|N3|D1|P|M1|G1|R1|S|foot=yes}}<br />
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The notes used in this scale are ''shuddha rishabham, shuddha gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, kakali nishadham''.<br />
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As it is a ''melakarta'' rāgam, by definition it is a [[sampoorna raga|''sampoorna'' rāgam]] (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the ''shuddha madhyamam'' equivalent of ''[[Jhalavarali]]'', which is the 39th ''melakarta''.<br />
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== Asampurna Melakarta ==<br />
'''Gānasāmavarāḷi''' is the 3rd ''Melakarta'' in the original list compiled by [[Venkatamakhin]]. The notes used in the scale are the same, but the ascending scale is different. It is a ''shadava-sampurna'' raga (6 notes in ascending scale, while full 7 are used in descending scale).<ref name="dikshitar">Shree Muthuswami Dikshitar Keerthanaigal, by A Sundaram Iyer, Music Book Publishers, Mylapore, Chennai</ref><br />
*[[Arohana|{{IAST|ārohaṇa}}]]: {{svaraC|S|R1|M1|P|D1|N3|S'|foot=yes}}<br />
*[[Avarohana|{{IAST|avarohaṇa}}]]: {{svaraC|S'|N3|D1|P|M1|G1|R1|S|foot=yes}}<br />
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== ''Janya'' rāgams ==<br />
''Ganamurti'' has a few minor ''[[janya]]'' rāgams (derived scales) associated with it. See [[List of Janya Ragas#Ganamoorti|List of ''janya'' rāgams]] for full list of rāgams associated with ''Ganamoorti''.<br />
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==Compositions==<br />
*''Gānamoorthe sri krishna'' by [[Thyagaraja]] is a popular composition sung in concerts, set to ''Ganamurti''.<br />
*''Pāhi Jagadİswarā'' by [[Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna]] in ''Ādi'' [[Tala (music)|Tala]]<br />
*''Brihadiswara rakshatuma'' in ''Eka'' [[Tala (music)|tala]] by [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]] is a composition set to ''Gānasāmavarāḷi'' scale.<br />
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==Related rāgams==<br />
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.<br />
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''Ganamurti's'' notes when shifted using ''[[Graha bhedam]]'', yields 2 other ''melakarta'' rāgams, namely, ''[[Vishwambari]]'' and ''[[Shamalangi]]''. ''Graha bhedam'' is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the ''shadjam'' to the next note in the rāgam. For further details and an illustration refer ''[[Graha bhedam#Ganamoorti|Graha bhedam on Ganamurti]]''.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
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