S-r-g-M-P-d-N-S

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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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[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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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.

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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–

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• 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–

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• 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)

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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa

• Names: Annapurna

—Allauddin Khan teaches Annapurna Devi (~1940s)—