S-rR-gG-m-P-d-n-S
Summarised by musicologist and critic Rajan Parrikar as “an obscure [Todi] variant, in which strands of Asavari and Khamaj are tied to the Todi-ang”. His guru Ramrang’s rendition of the raga revolves around phrases such as PmPm\g; mPn\d; SRnS; rnSRG, whereas Srikant Bakre‘s take also visits the shuddha Dha (bandish transcribed in full below) – although further renditions are hard to definitively trace. While historical information is scant, the raga’s name is presumably linked to the near-congruent Carnatic Abheri (prakriti with Asavari thaat). Compare to other rare Todi ragas including Saheli Todi, Lakshmi Todi, Mangal Todi, and Adarangi Todi.
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—Srikanth Bakre (1985)—
[bandish, e.g. 0:52] (n)S (nSn)S (m)Rm, mP P(PmPnP)mg (m)R, (dP)d (n)dP P, (S)Pm (Pm)P, mP(nP) (nP)m\g, g(RSR)S (SnSgRgRSnS), S(nS)RG mm, (Pm)P, P(mPDPD) n(DnP) dPm Pmg, RSRm(P), (P)m (P)mPDnSnS nD(nD)Pm (mD)P, n(dn)P, dPmP, RgmP(nP)m\g (RS)RS, S RG(mG)m, m(nP) (m)G (RS)RS, R S(nS)S, RGm…
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Sapta: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna
Poorvang: SRGM | SRG | SRM | SGM
Uttarang: PDNS | PDS | PNS | DNS
Varjit: Re | Ga | Ma | Pa | Dha | Ni
Double: rR | gG | mM | dD | nN
Thaat: 10 | 32 | Enclosed | Inexact
Chal: All-shuddha | All-komal | Ma-tivra
Gaps: Anh. | Hemi. | 3-row | 4-row | 5-row
Symmetries: Mirror | Rotation | Palindr.
Aroha: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna
Avroh: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna
Jati: Equal | Balanced | Av.+1 | Av.+2
Samay: Morning | Aftern. | Eve. | Night
Murchana: Bhup. | Bihag | Bilaw. | Charu.
Raganga: Bhairav | Malhar | Kan. | Todi
Construction: Jod | Mishra | Oddball
Origin: Ancient | Carnatic | Modern
Dominance: Poorvang | Uttarang
Prevalence: A-list | Prachalit | Aprach.
• Prakriti: Devgandhari Todi
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–rR–gG–m–P–d–n–S
• Reverse: SRGmPdDnNS
• Negative: 2-7-3
• Imperfect: 2 (Re, Ga)
• Detached: 1 (Ga)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: none
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: (~Natabhairavi)
S-R1-R2-G2-G3-M1-P-D1-N2-S
• Jazz: Aeolian (dbl. 2nd/3rd)
1-b2-2-b3-3-4-5-b6-b7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-1-2-3-4-5-7-8-10-0
(1–1–1–1–1–2–1–2–2)
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Abheri Todi, Aberi Todi
—Ramashreya Jha ‘Ramrang’ (~1990s)—