Malayamarutam is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a janya rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes). This scale is used in Hindustani music in recent years by instrumentalists.^[1] This is a morning raga^[1][2] and regularly used in programmes and functions of the mornings.

Malayamarutam is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain madhyamam. It is a hexatonic scale (shadava-shadava rāgam^[2] in Carnatic music classification). Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):

• ārohaṇa : S R₁ G₃ P D₂ N₂ Ṡ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• avarohaṇa : Ṡ N₂ D₂ P G₃ R₁ S^{[lower-alpha 2]}

The notes used in this scale are shadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, panchamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kaisiki nishadam. Malayamarutam is considered a janya rāgam of Chakravakam, the 16th Melakarta rāgam, though it can be derived from Ramapriya also, by dropping madhyamam.

Malayamarutam is a pleasing scale, but has only a few compositions in classical music. It has been used to score film music as well. Here are some popular kritis composed in Malayamarutam.

• "Dhanyadevudo"by Patnam Subramania Iyer
• Manasa Etulothune by Tyagaraja
• Karpaga Manohara by Papanasam Sivan
• Karunaanidiye Eesha and Smarane Onde by Purandara Dasa
• Anumane Saamikindha by Arunachala Kavi
• Dayai puriya by Mayuram vedanayagampillai
• Chandiran oli by Subramanya Bharati
• Navaratna Vilasa by Kalyani Varadarajan
• Film song:Usha Kiranangal(Guruvayoor Kesavan-G Devarajan Master)
• Film song: Pularkala sundara (Oru Maymasa Pulariyil)

This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāgam.