Kapi (raga)
Kāpi is a popular rāga in Carnatic music, the classical music of South India. "Kāpi" is a janya rāgam of "Kharaharapriya" with a meandering vakra scale. Typically performed at slow and medium speeds, it is capable of inducing moods of devotion, pathos and sadness in the listeners. "Kāpi" is different from the Hindustani raag and thaat "Kafi." The equivalent raag in Hindustani is Pilu. Structure and Lakshana. Kāpi is an audava-vakra sampoorna rāgam with an ascending pentatonic scale and a descending scale with seven notes, but not in a descending order. Use of Kakali Nishadam and Anthara  Gandharam make it a Bhashanga Raagam. The presence of different "nishāda" swarās (N and N) lends a distinctive quality to Kāpi, along with the fact that it uses a set of vakra swarās (N D N). There is also a mild presence of shuddha daivatham (D) that renders an invaluable feeling of devotion to the raagam. This, and the presence of Anthara Gandharam (G) makes it difficult to pinpoint the exact nature of the avarohana of the raagam. In the song Jagadhodharana composed by Sangeeta Pitamaha Sri Purandara Dasa, the note Suddha Dhaivatham (Dha1) also occurs as a foreign note(anya  swara) Kapi ragam gives the feeling Devotion, Sentiment and happiness Compositions. Some of the popular compositions in Kāpi are: <nowiki>**</nowiki> Kāpi of Muthuswami Dikshitar is quite different from the traditional Kāpi and often cited as karNATaka Kāpi The Moorchana of Kāpi as per Venkatamakhin is S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S/ N2 D2 P M1 G2 G2 R2 S