Ratnangi

Hear it from musicians

Signature phrases for Ratnangi, recorded by musicians in the community and curated by Jason Zac. Every phrase carries the artist’s name and link — add your own voice to this raga.

The scale and its Western intervals

Reading up from Sa, Ratnangi is built from a minor second, a diminished third, a perfect fourth, a perfect fifth, a minor sixth, a minor seventh. In Carnatic terms that is S R1 G1 M1 P D1 N2; in Hindustani sargam, S r R m P d n.

How Ratnangi harmonizes

Stack thirds on each note of Ratnangi and these chords appear. Home is the chord on Sa; the chord on Pa is the dominant that pulls back to it.

• Isus2 Csus2 suspended secondhome
• vii Bbm minordominant
• v° Gdim diminisheddominant
• II Db majorpredominant
• iv Fm minorpredominant
• VI♭5 Ab(b5) major flat fivecolour
• III· Ebbsus4(#5) suspended sharp fivecolour

Learn the method in how to harmonize a raga.

Janya ragas of Ratnangi

These child ragas are born from Ratnangi by dropping notes or bending the path: Revati. Each card shows the three things that make a janya itself: how many notes it keeps, which way its road runs (any vakra turn is ringed in red), and how it glides between swaras. See how janya ragas work.

Music to learn in Ratnangi

Ratnangi is met most often as a parent scale for study and improvisation. Much of its living music flows through janya ragas; a good next step is to sing its scale slowly over a tanpura and explore its phrases in the 3D sphere.