S-r-g-P-n-S

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Created by Ravi Shankar, Bairagi Todi replaces Bairagi’s shuddha ma with a Todi-intoned ati-komal ga, retaining the concise audav structure while presenting an odd mix of narrow and wide intervals. Sometimes matched with unusual talas (e.g. Shankar’s original is in ‘sade-gyarah’: a ‘fractional‘ 11.5 matra cycle divided ‘4-4-2-1.5‘), the raga is explorable in all saptak, with artists generally favouring a ‘deep and heavy atmosphere’, laden with phrases reworked from nearby forms. Non-Shankar renditions are relatively rare, but those on record display considerable divergence – while some refer to the same SrgPnS scale form as ‘Virahini/Birahini‘ instead. Also see other members of the Todi raganga, as well as further Ravi-authored ragas such as Parameshwari, Gangeshwari, Kameshwari, Rangeshwari, Jogeshwari, Mohankauns, Ahir Lalit, and Pancham se Gara.

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[gat, e.g. 12:10] PnSr, r g, g r, g r, S r, n PnSr, r r(g)…

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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

Thaat: 10 | 32 | Enclosed | Inexact

Chal: All-shuddha | All-komal | Ma-tivra

Gaps: Anh. | Hemi. | 3-row | 4-row | 5-row

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Aroha: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna

Avroh: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna

Jati: Equal | Balanced | Av.+1 | Av.+2

Samay: Morning | Aftern. | Eve. | Night

Construction: Jod | Mishra | Oddball

Origin: Ancient | Carnatic | Modern

Dominance: Poorvang | Uttarang

Prevalence: A-list | Prachalit | Aprach.

• Prakriti: (none found)

Also see other ragas with the generic swaras ‘Sa-Re-Ga-Pa-Ni‘ – and compare to the rest of the Todi raganga

–Swara Geometries–

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• Core form: S–r–g–P–n–S

• Reverse: SRmDNS (=Rasaranjani)

• Complement: SRGmMdDNS

• Imperfect: 3 (re, Pa, ni)

• Detached: 1 (re)

• Symmetries: none

• Murchanas: Kalavati set

–Global Translations–

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• Carnatic: ~Virahini

S-R₁-G₂-P-N₂-S

• Jazz: Phrygian (no 4th/6th)

1-b2-b3-5-b7-8

• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):

0-1-3-7-10-0

(1–2–4–3–2)

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o o • o • • • o • • o • o

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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa

• Names: Bairagi Todi, Birag Todi, ~Virahini/Birahini

• Transliterations: Hindi (बैरागी तोडी); Bengali (বৈরটী তোড়ি)

—Devaki Pandit (2013)—