{"id":3943,"date":"2011-03-20T20:34:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T03:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dhanyasy.org\/go\/?p=3943"},"modified":"2017-06-21T18:56:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T01:56:12","slug":"indian-film-songs-in-raga-malika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhanyasy.org\/go\/2011\/03\/20\/indian-film-songs-in-raga-malika\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Film Songs in rAga mAlika"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>rAga mAlika<\/strong>, literally a garland of rAgas, is a very popular form of composition  in Carnatic music. These are delightful compositions, where the various segments are set to different rAgas, with a smooth and melodious flow of music during the  transition from one rAga to the next.  The choice of rAgas, as well as the order in which they appear in a rAga mAlika, are based solely on aesthetic considerations. The main point is that a feeling of abruptness or a gap should be avoided when shifting between rAgas and the flow of music should be very smooth.  Also, closely allied rAgas do not generally appear  in the same composition. Ideally, consecutive rAgas should  possess distinct melodic character. <\/p>\n<p>In medieval period, this musical form was known as <em>rAga kadambakam<\/em>, kadamba being a garland of different flowers. rAga mAlikas have been employed not only in strict kriti formats, but they also appear in  numerous other types of compositions, including Varnams, Swarajatis, Jatiswarams, Slokas, Viruttams, Tillanas and the concluding Mangalam pieces.<\/p>\n<p>(source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnatica.net\/special\/ragamalika.htm\" target=\"_blank\">carnatica.net<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>Listen to compositions in rAga mAlika rendered by <strong>Dhanya Subramanian<\/strong> on this site:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dhanyasy.org\/go\/2009\/02\/16\/vande-mataram-raga-malika-adi\/\" target=\"_blank\">vandE mAtaram<\/a> &#8211; Subramanya Bharathi<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<div class=\"mks_tabs horizontal\"><div class=\"mks_tabs_nav\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mks_tab_item\"><div class=\"nav\">Indian Film Songs in rAga mAlika<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/list.ly\/HY\">View List on List.ly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular movie songs &#8212; Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi &#8212; that use rAga mAlika<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,281],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curated-from-the-web","category-ragas-in-film-songs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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