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Music Appreciation Notes - Vachaspati Raga
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Vachaspati is the 64th melakarta raga and is thepratimadhyama counterpart of Harikambhoji raga (see Sruti 12). Being a melakarta raga, it has all the seven swara-s in both ascent and descent. The swara-s are: shadja, chatusruti rishabha (ri), antara gandhara (gu), pratimadhyama (mi), panchama, chatusruti dhaivata (dhi) and kaisiki nishadha (ni). Like Latangi, Vachaspati is also a sarvaswara gamaka raga, i.e, all its swara-.≪ except sa and pa lend themselves to the gamaka effect.