The tip of the iceberg eventually lead to the unearthing of the whole of the rest! String instruments like the veenai and gottu vadyam etc., helped the ‘music thirsty’ thathas of yesteryears apply some good logic and figure out the progenitor raagas of the already existing raagas and narrow it down to the 72 melakartha system. That the central theorm governing the whole of music was only simple mathematics became evident. The dominance of MOOD, which often served the purpose of being the mighty commander of raaga creation, was pulled down by the even mightier science. Later, as is usual, science took over the aesthetic sense. No wonder, simple pentatonic raagas like Mohanam made their genesis during that early period of man’s irresistable pursuit for melody. All he knew were those tunes or raagas that were immediately appealing to his mind. In the days of yore, when man began exploring the music world, there was no Kanakangi. While man’s aesthetic sense gave birth to raagas like Mohanam, Sudha Saveri etc, his increasing scientific knowledge about the structure of music over a period of many centuries gave birth to raagas such as Kanakangi.
It is also called as Kanakaambari (what a wonderful name!). Kanakangi is the first melakartha raagam.
I’ve added links to the songs, so you can listen as you read. This is the 7th of 15 articles titled Classical Ilayaraja appeared on Usenet in the 90s.
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