S-r-g-M-P-d-N-S
From my 2018 Darbar interview with bansuri maestro Rupak Kulkarni: “I lately composed…Raag Annapurna: dedicated to Maa Annapurna Devi, my grand-guru [teacher of my teacher]. It is a combination of morning and evening ragas, so can be played at either of these times.” In 2022 I asked Kulkarni for more info: he described it as “a mixture of Todi and Shree“, blending multiple elements from both ragas – also sending me the mellifluous alap video below (as far as I can tell, the only recording out there!), full of haunting ornaments and odd dissonances, with Sa rendered durbal, and the komal dha often giving way to wide ascent-jumps from Pa (PS(N)S, PrN, P(M)P…).
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—Rupak Kulkarni (2019)—
[alap phrases, e.g. 0:42] P/S S(NSNS), (S)NSr, PS(N)Sr\N N(Sr), PrNd P, P(M) P(M)PN(d), PS(NSd)P, PS S(NS), SNSgr(gr)Sr(S), Sr Srgr(S)N Nrg(rN), PrN PrNd P…
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Explore hidden inter-raga connections: swara geometries, melodic features, murchana sets, ragangas, & more (also see the Full Tag List):
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.
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S-r-g-M-P-d-N-S
• Reverse: SrGmMDNS (=Lalita Sohini)
• Inverse: ni; SGMPNS (=none)
• Imperfect: 2 (ga, Pa)
• Detached: none
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: Todi set
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: Shubhapantuvarali
S-R1-G2-M2-P-D1-N3-S
• Jazz: Lydian b2 b3 b6
1-b2-b3-#4-5-b6-7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-1-3-6-7-8-11-0
(1–2–3–1–1–3–1)
o o • o • • o o o • • o o
• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Annapurna
—Allauddin Khan teaches Annapurna Devi (~1940s)—