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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Ataanaa

Ataana is a raga used mainly in concerts. It is considered to be a very catchy raga that gives a stage flavor for a musician when everything is going dull in a concert. It stimulates the audience by its qualities of Veeram, Bakthi rasam.
Ataana is a kind of raga where the arohana and avarohana are not strictly followed. First this was thought to be under 29th Melakartha Sankarabharanam with ga1 and ni1 as two annyaswaras (alien swara). But now it has been broadly agreed to be under 22nd Melakartha Karaharapriya with ni2 as the single annyaswara. When it was under Sankarabharanam the prayoga "ga2 ma1 ri2 sa" was used predominantely. But this has died as the time went off. As I said earlier the arohana-avarohana is not very strict here but one perception is: arohana: sa ri2 ma2 pa ni1 sa, and avarohana: sa da2 pa ma1 ri2 ma1(ga1) ri2 sa.
The ni2 (kakali nishatham) comes as annyaswara in certain prayogams but it does not exist in the arohana-avarohana. Some of the prayogams in which ni2 comes are sa ni2 da2, ri2 sa da2. In ri2 sa da2 in between singing sa and da2 we touch ni2 and come to da2. This gives a nice flavour to ataana. This also gives the Bhasanga status to the raga. Ri2 and da2 are most dheera swaras for this raga. "ga1" is the weak swara we can not stand in "ga1" for too long. And we can not have prayogas like "ga1 ga1 ri2 sa" as the same occurs for the raga Durbar. It should be sung as ri2 ma1 ri2 ma1 ri2 sa. Similarly the prayoga "ga1 ma1 ri2 sa" also occurs in Kaanada. But in the midst of other prayogas it does not give any flavor of Kaanada even when it is sung in the same fashion. This is the main beauty of our music it looks theoretically ambiguous but nothing looks ambiguous when sung.
The prayoga da da da gives a nice touch for Ataana. In the charanam of "Balaganaga maya/Ela nee dhayaraathu" composed by Saint Thyagaraja (perhaps his first song) i.e., "ra ra dhevathi deva" it gives a real touch of softness. It is a quite interesting prayoga because mostly all the other prayogas give a bold stature to the raga but this one gives a very soft touch. I think many will agree with me. "ma1 pa ri2 sa", "pa ri2 sa da2 ... ri2 sa da2... sa da2" all very good prayogas for Ataana.




  1. http://www.mediafire.com/?t0y49uecgze Baala kanakamaya - K. J. Yesudoss
  2. http://www.mediafire.com/?lafvdreg3bj Baala kanakamaya - T. V. Sankaranarayanan
  3. http://www.mediafire.com/?hgultwytwogSakala graha bala - Ranjani & Gayathri
  4. http://www.mediafire.com/?wtbszznc9yf Thiyaagaraaja swaami - Aruna Sairam
  5. http://www.mediafire.com/?9v4zyunujem Ambaa paaravthi ( aalapana) - Nithyashree
  6. http://www.mediafire.com/?gz2in2mwyjt Ambaa paarvathi - Nithyashree
  7. http://www.mediafire.com/?xicnkwwbm20 Baala kanakamaya - Nithyashree
  8. http://www.mediafire.com/?tux40yzxdte Munnai Ilangai - Sowmya
  9. http://www.mediafire.com/?ungogkm3fug Nee irangaayenil - Bombay Jayashree
  10. http://www.mediafire.com/?obty05bitmt Raama naamamu - Madurai Somu
  11. http://www.mediafire.com/?m3dnvj2ajtc Sri Mahaganapathim - Maharajapuram Santhanam
  12. http://www.mediafire.com/?vzgiopn4bbt Sri Vaidhyanatham - Bombay Jayashree
  13. http://www.mediafire.com/?metyz4xnzfc Sri raama naama - K. J. Yesudoss
  14. http://www.mediafire.com/?3oog1dwbzem Anupama - Bombay Jayashree
  15. http://www.mediafire.com/?2mbgtaeiwdk Baala kanakamaya - Aruna Sairam
  16. http://www.mediafire.com/?vmhvrbb2101 Baala kanakamaya - S. Janaki
  17. http://www.mediafire.com/?2dwjntynjkw Nee irangaayenil - P. Unnikrishnan
  18. http://www.mediafire.com/?22tvhnt4ljn Sri vaidhyanatham - Nithyashree
  19. http://www.mediafire.com/?xm2tydbvp4o Ada Naaraayana - Sowmya
  20. http://www.mediafire.com/?44xmmwwbz0y Kaala kaalan kayilai nathan - M.L. Vasanthakumari
  21. http://www.mediafire.com/?w2yribogphw Madhura madhura - Aruna Sairam
  22. http://www.mediafire.com/?nh2tkjnwvzm Raa raa raghuveera - Maharajapuram Santhanam
  23. http://www.mediafire.com/?adtu4j3mp2u Anupama gunaambudhi - Sudha Raghunathan
  24. http://www.mediafire.com/?hujwgxxaml1 Baala kanakamaya - Sowmya
  25. http://www.mediafire.com/?bzmyorxswmt Ilalao pranadharthi - Bombay Jayashree
  26. http://www.mediafire.com/?1t2zfnmomtd Kaala kaalan - T. V. Sankaranarayanan
  27. http://www.mediafire.com/?u0wnoxmw2bh Sakala graha bala - S. P. Raamh
  28. http://www.mediafire.com/?uxtyemubumt Madhura madhura - O.S. Arun
  29. http://www.mediafire.com/?gxbmzxm7zuy Bhajana seyaraadha - T. N. Seshagopalan
  30. http://www.mediafire.com/?mfenewt41un Sri mahaganapathim - Nithyashree
  31. http://www.mediafire.com/?ppoxdtdy3xt Nee irangaayenil - M. S. Subbalakshmi
  32. http://www.mediafire.com/?b950mxid21m Parama paavani - M.L. Vasanthakumari
  33. http://www.mediafire.com/?unnhjo34qef Thiruvadi charnamappa - Sowmya
  34. http://www.mediafire.com/?jdmezh9yufp Thyaagaraaja swaami - Ranjani & Gayathri
  35. http://www.mediafire.com/?j90stmcddjv Malai mugqadu - T. M. Krishna
  36. http://www.mediafire.com/?n11myzydkmw Mummoorthulu - T. M. Krishna
  37. http://www.mediafire.com/?nb2i2mbetgn Naaradha gaana lola - P. Unnikrishnan
  38. http://www.mediafire.com/?wtmy0qtvi4a Velli nilavinile - T. N. Seshagopalan
  39. http://www.mediafire.com/?nddtgkgtu0z Nee irangaayenil - Bombay sisters
  40. http://www.mediafire.com/?2b7dodz9jzu Sakalagraha bala - Bombay Jayashri
  41. http://www.mediafire.com/?ygdmzmddjk2 Naarada - Balamuralikrishna
  42. http://www.mediafire.com/?0ejwie1yyyf Yepappamu - T.K. Rangachari
  43. http://www.mediafire.com/?wvz9nmdmwlw Ilalo pranadharthi - T. K. rangachari
  44. http://www.mediafire.com/?3m7mtwthytm Baalakanaka maya - T. K. Rangachari
  45. http://www.mediafire.com/?jytmy0gwtw9 Naarada gaana - T. K. Rangachari
  46. http://www.mediafire.com/?2hvywcbznbd Epaapamu - T. K. Rangachari
  47. http://www.mediafire.com/?metglx07zvw Baalakanakamaya - Sanjay Subramanian
  48. http://www.mediafire.com/?mmo7muydzzl Gopakumara - Unknown to me ( If some body knows this artist please let me know)