Carnatic music, Karnāṭaka saṃgīta, or Karnāṭaka saṅgītam, is a system of music commonly associated with southern India. Notation is not a new concept in Indian music. However, Carnatic music continued to be transmitted orally for centuries without being written down.

Kalyan or Kalyani, originally called Yaman, is a melakarta rāga (parent musical scale) in the Carnatic music of South India, and is also an important raga in Hindustani (North Indian) music. Kalyani in Carnatic music In South Indian weddings this is a very prominently played rāga. The word kalyani means she who causes auspicious things. It is the 65th melakarta rāga under the Katapayadi sankhya.

It is also called Mechakalyani. The notes for Kalyani are S R2 G3 M2 P D2 N3. Specifics on this raga Kalyani is slightly difficult to elaborate on in raaga alapna due to its similarity with Sankarabharanam with the only difference of the Madyamam (Ma). One should not remain too long on panchamam (pa) or alternate between shadyam and panchamam too frequently. Also, one must stress the characteristic madhyama very frequently or risk confusion with other raagas.

Rishabham and Daivatam are also very key to this raagam and also aren't stressed very much in Sankarabharanam. Kalyani is a very beautiful raaga, and is prominently known among the public. Structure and Lakshana Kalyani scale with Shadjam at C It is the 5th ragam in the 11th chakra Rudra. The mnemonic name is Rudra-Ma. The mnemonic phrase is sa ri gu mi pa dhi nu [1]. Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): ārohaṇa: S R2 G3 M2 P D2 N3 S avarohaṇa: S N3 D2 P M2 G3 R2 S (Chathusruthi Rishabam, Anthara Gandharam, Prati Madhyamam, Chathusruthi Dhaivatham, Kakali Nishatham) It is a Sampoorna raga in Carnatic music, that is to say, has all the seven notes: Sa, Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni. Drajver dlya swf 3s4t windows 7.

It is the suddha madhyamam equivalent of Dheerasankarabharanam, which is the 29th melakarta. Janya Rāgams Kalyani has many janya rāgams (derived scales) associated with it, of which Hameer kalyani, Mohanakalyani, Saranga, Sunadavinodini and Yamuna kalyani are very popular. See List of Janya Rāgams for full list of rāgams associated with Kalyani. Popular compositions Nearly every significant Carnatic composer (including the Trinity of Carnatic music) has composed several pieces in the Kalyāni rāgam. Kalyāni is also considered one of the 'major' rāgams of Carnatic music along with Sankarabharanam, Todi and Kharaharapriya (the set of 'major' rāgams is an informal grouping of the most popular rāgams used for elaboration and exploration, and which often form the centerpiece of a Carnatic music concert in the form of a rāgam thānam pallavi (RTP) or a krithi). See next section for further information on relationships between these rāgams.

Here is a short list of well known compositions in Kalyani. Vanajakshi, an Ata tala varnam composed by Pallavi Gopala Iyer. Nidhi chaala sukhama, Ethavunnara, Sundari ni divya, Amma ravamma and Vasudevanyani by Thyagaraja Kamalaambaam bhajare and Bhajare rechita by Muthuswami Dikshitar Nambi Kettavarillavo, kallu sakkare koLLiro by Purandara Dasa Himadri suthe pahimam by Syama Sastri Unnai allal by Ambujam Krishna Sadanandame by Koteeswara Iyer The Tamil movie Sindhu Bhairavi has a track called Kalaivaniye that is set in the Kalyani rāgam and sung without an avarohaṇam. Related rāgams This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of Kalyani. Kalyani's notes when shifted using Graha bedham, yields 5 other major Melakarta rāgams, namely, Hanumatodi, Sankarabharanam, Natabhairavi, Kharaharapriya and Harikambhoji. For further details and an illustration of Graha bedham of this rāgam refer Related rāgams section in Sankarabharanam page.