S-r-g-P-n-S
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. Also see other Ravi-authored ragas including Parameshwari, Gangeshwari, Kameshwari, Rangeshwari, Jogeshwari, Mohankauns, Ahir Lalit, and Pancham se Gara.
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—Ravi Shankar (1988)—
[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
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–P–n–S
• Reverse: SRmDNS (=Rasaranjani)
• Negative: 3-2-1-1-2-1-2
• Imperfect: 3 (re, Pa, ni)
• Detached: 1 (re)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: Kalavati set
–Global Translations–
• 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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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Bairagi Todi, Birag Todi, Virahini
—Devaki Pandit (2013)—