Bowli
Janya raga of Carnatic music
Bowli is a Carnatic raga (also spelled as Bauli or Bhauli). This raga is a janya of the 15th Melakarta raga Mayamalavagowla. This raga is known to be a morning raga.
01Structure and Lakshana
This ragam is an asymmetric scale and is classified as an audava-shadava ragam (five notes in the ascending scale and six notes in the descending scale).
The notes in this scale are shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, panchamam and shuddha dhaivatam in arohana and additional kakali nishadham in avarohanam.
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- Tanjore-style Carnatic tambura.JPG by Martin spaink, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Revagupti scale.svg by VasuVR, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bowli descending scale.svg by VasuVR, CC BY-SA 4.0
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