# Samavadi

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The '''samavadi''' or '''samvadi''' is the second-most prominent (though not necessarily second-most played) note of a [raga](/source/raga) in [Indian classical music](/source/Indian_classical_music).<ref name="Lavezzoli2006">{{cite book|author=Peter Lavezzoli|title=The Dawn of Indian Music in the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSZKCXtx-wEC&pg=PA22|date=24 April 2006|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-1815-9|pages=22–}}</ref> The primary note of the raga is the ''[vadi](/source/Vadi_(Hindustani_classical_music))''; the vadi and samavadi are in most cases a [fourth](/source/Perfect_fourth) or [fifth](/source/fifth_(interval)) apart.<ref name="ShiraliShankar1936">{{cite book|author1=Vishnudass Shirali|author2=Uday Shankar|title=Hindu music and rhythm|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WuUXAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=20 April 2013|date=1936|publisher=Printed by Studium}}</ref> Hence, the samavadi of Sa (Shadjam/C) is Pa (Panchamam/G) and the samavadi of Ri (Rishabham/D) is Dha (Dhaivatam/A). The samavadi is the perfect fifth of the vadi.

A ''samavadi'' is a note of special significance. ''Vadi'' is often translated as the "king" note of a raga, while the ''samavadi'' is translated as the "prime minister" or "vizier" note. A performer will typically try to emphasize the ''samavadi'' along with the vadi when improvising on a certain raga. The ''vadi'' and ''samavadi'' can be crucial in defining the raga at hand, and in some cases two ragas with the same [arohana](/source/arohana) and [avrohana](/source/avrohana) can be distinguished only by the prominence of their sonant{{what|date=May 2018}} and consonant notes.

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Category:Hindustani music terminology
Category:Carnatic music terminology

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