Ganamurti (pronounced gÄnamÅĢrti, meaning the idol of music) is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 3rd Melakarta rÄgam in the 72 melakarta rÄgam system of Carnatic music.
It is called GÄnasÄmavarÄḡi in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
Structure and Lakshana
It is the 3rd rÄgam in the 1st chakra Indu. The mnemonic name is Indu-Go. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra ga ma pa dha nu. Its Ärohaáša-avarohaáša structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
Ganamurti scale with Shadjam at C
Ärohaáša: S Râ Gâ Mâ P Dâ Nâ áš
avarohaáša: áš Nâ Dâ P Mâ Gâ Râ S
The notes used in this scale are shuddha rishabham, shuddha gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, kakali nishadham.
As it is a melakarta rÄgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rÄgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale). It is the shuddha madhyamam equivalent of Jhalavarali, which is the 39th melakarta.
Compositions
GÄnamoorthe sri krishna by Thyagaraja is a popular composition sung in concerts, set to Ganamurti.
PÄhi JagadÄ°swarÄ by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna in Ädi Tala
Brihadiswara rakshatuma in Eka tala by Muthuswami Dikshitar is a composition set to GÄnasÄmavarÄḡi scale.
Palaya Govinda in Ädi tala is a bhajan composed by Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji.
