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Sunadavinodini

Arohanam	S G₃ M₂ D₂ N₃ Ṡ
Avarohanam	Ṡ N₃ D₂ M₂ G₃ S

Sunadavinodini is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is an audava rāgam (or owdava rāgam, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a janya rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes). This raga was discovered by Mysore Vasudevachar.

Structure and Lakshana

Sunadavinodini scale with shadjam at C

Sunadavinodini is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain rishabham and panchamam. It is a pentatonic scale (audava-audava ragam in Carnatic music classification – audava meaning 'of 5'). Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):

• ārohaṇa : S G₃ M₂ D₂ N₃ Ṡ
• avarohaṇa : Ṡ N₃ D₂ M₂ G₃ S

(notes used in this scale are antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham, kakali nishadham)

Sunadavinodini is considered a janya rāgam of Gamanashrama, the 53rd Melakarta rāgam, though it can be derived from two other melakarta rāgams, Kalyani or Kosalam, by dropping both rishabham and panchamam.