Melakarta chart, red/yellow
There are 72 melakarta ragas. The yellow color in the middle splits them into two sets of thirty six. Each line represents two ragas, with each differing by exactly one note. Each rectangle represents a note. The notes are in ascending order for the first raga (red -> yellow) and in descending order for the 2nd raga (yellow -> red). For more details on melakarta ragas, please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melakarta.
Melakarta chart with gradient, Blue
Visualization of the melakarta ragas in Carnatic music, programmatically generated using Processing.
Melakarta chart in circular form
Visualization of the 72 melakarta ragas in circular form.
Melakarta ragas
There are 72 melakarta ragas. Each circle represents two ragas - each differing from the other by exactly one note (M). Each shade of green represents the same note. The darker the tone, the lower the frequency.
Sri Gananatha, Malahari, Rupakam
Visual representation of the notes in the composition. The length of the image represents the number of beats and the width represents the number of lines in the composition. Each rectangle represents a note - the darker the tone, the lower the frequency and the lighter the tone, the higher the frequency.
Visual representation of the notes in the composition. Each circle represents a note - the darker the tone, the lower the frequency and the lighter the tone, the higher the frequency. The lines connecting the notes represents the flow of the composition.
Ninnukori, Mohanam, Adi
Each line represents a line in the composition. Each dot represents a note. The curve represents the flow of the notes. The height difference between the topmost and bottom points is representative of the tonal range.
Visualization of the composition as a spiral starting at the center and spreading out. Each circle is a note and the tone corresponds to the frequency (darker = lower frequency).
Visualization of the composition as harmonic curves that start at the center. Each circle is a note with the tone indicating the frequency (darker = lower frequency).
Each circle is a note and is placed randomly on the canvas. Notes in the same line are connected to each other by a curve. Notes in the same line have similar color, with varying tones indicating the frequency.
Vanajakshi, Kalyani, Ata
Each large circle represents a line in the composition. The composition moves from the outer edge to the inner edge. Each small circle represents a note and the tone represents the frequency (darker is lower, lighter is higher)
Each dot on the circle represents a note and its color is indicative of its freqency (darker, the lower). Each colored line represents a line in the composition. The connected dots represents the flow of the composition.
Visualization of the composition as parabola-like curves. Each circle represents a note, with the tone corresponding to the frequency (darker = lower).
Visualization of the composition as a set of harmonic curves that start at the center. Each circle is a note with the tone representing the frequency (darker = lower).
Set of parabola-like curves, with each circle representing a note. The tone of the circle represents the frequency of the note (darker = lower)
Sambasivayenave, Kamas, Adi
Each note in the composition is represented as spoke on the circle. The longer the spoke, the higher the frequency. The density of the final image is indicative of its complexity.
Thodi Arohanam/Avarohanam
Visualization of the scale (arohanam/avarohanam) of a raga. This was generated in Processing, using frequency analysis of voice audio samples.
Kalyani Arohanam/Avarohanam
Dwijavanti Arohanam/Avarohanam
