S-R-g-m-P-D-nN-S
While the title ‘Ahiri Todi’ is often used interchangeably with Ahiri, the former raga has a more complex historical lineage: comprising both an Ahiri–congruent form which many consider indistinct from the main raga (SrgmPDnS) – and an older, near-extinct version which approximates the shape of Asavari (SRgmPDnNS). Agra vocalist Khadim Hussain Khan’s intriguing recording of this second form – one of only a few I can find – displays an unusually strong poorvang-dominance, revolving around phrases such as S(n)S, Sg, (m)g, RSR. Dha is skipped in aroha, and touches of a ‘mid-sruti Ni’ manifest in how root motifs blur the distinction between S(n)S; S(N)S. To add further intrigue, a third ‘Ahiri Todi’ variant seems to have once existed, with Subba Rao’s Raga Nidhi listing a raga with this name under the swara set ‘SrgmPdnNS’ (…possibly implying that it may have been a ‘bridge’ between the two forms mentioned above: although the komal dha vadi puzzles me…maybe a relic from a lost Todi–ang?).
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—Khadam Hussain Khan (~1970s)—
[alap, e.g. 0:07] (S)g\nS SS, m\g(m)g R(S)RS Sg, S, S(N)S, SS SSS, m\g(m)g, gg (RS)R, Sg (RS)R, Sg, (g)R RS, g\nS SSS, SSS, S(n) S(n)S, gm…
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Swaras: -4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10+
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: Miyan ki Malhar, Bageshri Bahar, Bahar, Barwa, Hussaini Todi, Lanka Dahan Sarang, Sindhura, Sughrai
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–R–g–m–P–D–nN–S
• Reverse: SrRgmPDnS
• Negative: 5-3-2-2
• Imperfect: 2 (Dha, Ni)
• Detached: 1 (Ni)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: Miyan ki Malhar set
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: (~Kapi/Kannada)
S-R2-G2-M1-P-D2-N2-N3-S
• Jazz: Dorian double 7th
1-2-b3-4-5-6-b7-7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-2-3-5-7-9-10-11-0
(2–1–2–2–2–1–1–1)
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Ahiri Todi, Ahir Todi, (~Ahiri)
—Ajay Prasanna (2017)—
(^ following the Ahiri-prakriti swara-set of SrgmPDnS)