S-r-G-m-P-D-nN-S
A rarely-heard member of the Bhairav raganga, which seems to have no precise prakritis. As per Rajan Parrikar, “the komal dha in Bhairav is replaced by its shuddha counterpart, and the komal ni is parachuted into the scheme in an [avroh phrase] SDnP inspired by Bilawal (in Bhairav-ang ragas where either Re or Dha is rendered shuddha, the ma tends to assume a powerful role, and is often elevated to a vadi swara) – and care must be exercised to not let Anand Bhairav stray into Bhatiyar’s neighbourhood”. Refer to excellent renditions by Sanjeev Abhyankar (a self-composed khayal bandish) and Amjad Ali Khan (a sliding sarod interpretation).
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[refrain, e.g. 1:01] (S)D S\D D\P, GGmP(mGm) (G)rS S…
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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: (none found)
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–r–G–m–P–D–nN–S
• Reverse: SrRgmPdNS
• Negative: 6-1-3-2
• Imperfect: 3 (re, Pa, Ni)
• Detached: 1 (re)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: none
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Sourashtram
S-R1-G3-M1-P-D2-N2-N3-S
• Jazz: Phrygian Dominant (dbl. 7th)
1-b2-3-4-5-6-b7-7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-1-4-5-7-9-10-11-0
(1–3–1–2–2–1–1–1)
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Anand Bhairav, Anand Bhairava (not ‘Ananda Bhairavi’)
—Amjad Ali Khan (2016)—