Nattai

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Nattai is a popular and majestic Carnatic raga often used to open concerts and known for its energetic, auspicious character.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nattai canonical 2
Nattai (Naṭṭai) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Carnatic raga ⓘ
melakarta janya raga ⓘ
belongsToTradition Carnatic music ⓘ
hasAlternateTransliteration Nattai (Naṭṭai) ⓘ
linked to: Nattai
hasArohana S R3 G3 M1 P N3 S ⓘ
hasArohanaNoteCount 5 ⓘ
hasAvarohana S N3 P M1 R3 S ⓘ
hasAvarohanaNoteCount 7 ⓘ
hasCharacteristicPhrase S N3 P M1 R3 S ⓘ
S R3 G3 M1 P N3 S ⓘ
hasComposerAssociation Muthuswami Dikshitar ⓘ
Papanasam Sivan ⓘ
Tyagaraja ⓘ
hasFamousComposition Gajavadana Sammodita ⓘ
Jagadanandakaraka ⓘ
Mahaganapatim Manasa Smarami ⓘ
Swaminatha Paripalaya ⓘ
hasJanyaType audava–sampurna ⓘ
hasLanguageAssociation Sanskrit compositions ⓘ
Tamil compositions ⓘ
hasMood auspicious ⓘ
energetic ⓘ
majestic ⓘ
hasParentMelakarta Chalanata ⓘ
hasPerformanceRole concert opener ⓘ
invocatory pieces ⓘ
hasRasa mangala (auspicious) ⓘ
veera (heroic) ⓘ
hasRegionOfProminence South India ⓘ
hasScaleType asymmetric ⓘ
hasSwaras Antara Gandharam (G3) ⓘ
Kakali Nishadam (N3) ⓘ
Panchamam (P) ⓘ
Shadjam ⓘ
Shatsruti Rishabham (R3) ⓘ
Shuddha Madhyamam (M1) ⓘ
hasTimeAssociation often rendered at the beginning of concerts ⓘ
isConsidered a major raga in Carnatic music ⓘ
isKnownFor brisk tempo and bright feel ⓘ
strong emphasis on R3 and N3 ⓘ
isPopularFor mangala (auspicious) pieces ⓘ
opening Carnatic concerts ⓘ
isRelatedTo Chalanata melakarta ⓘ
isUsedFor kritis ⓘ
tanam and alapana ⓘ
varnams ⓘ
isUsedToInvoke Ganesha in many compositions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nattai → hasAlternateTransliteration → Nattai (Naṭṭai) ⓘ
linked to: Nattai
Jagadanandakaraka → raga → Nattai ⓘ