S-g-M-P-n-S

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An angular pentatonic form conjured up by vocalist Amir Khan only a short time before his untimely death in a 1974 car accident – indeed, it is unclear if he ever formally named his new creation (I’ve seen it referred to as ‘Bhushwati’ and ‘Amarpriya’, and at least two posthumous releases just list it as ‘Untitled Raga’). A detailed RMIC thread discusses several plausible origin theories, generally linking the raga’s genesis to an intricate murchana process involving Chandrakauns and Madhukauns: it is prakriti with the latter, and Khan may well have made no practical distinction between the pair – however, given the general sparsity of information, it is unclear which recordings count as ‘true’ renditions. Bewitching in its oddities (‘Dhani tivra Ma‘ / ‘Minor Pentatonic #4‘).

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[khayal, e.g. 1:01] PS(nSP)nP (n)S, g(gSnS)gMP, PgMPn P, PMP(nPSnSnPMP…), (P)n SgS…

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Explore hidden inter-raga connections: swara geometries, melodic features, murchana sets, ragangas, & more (also see the Full Tag List):

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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-g-M-P-n-S

• Reverse: SRmMDS (=none)

• Inverse: Ni; SRgmMDnS (=none)

• Imperfect: 3 (Ma, Pa, ni)

• Detached: 1 (Ma)

• Symmetries: none

• Murchanas: Chandrakauns (on Pa)

–Global Translations–

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• Carnatic: ~Samudrapriya

S-G₂-M₂-P-N₂-S

• Jazz: Minor Pentatonic (#4)

1-b3-#4-5-b7-8

• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):

0-3-6-7-10-0

(3–3–1–3–2)

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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa

• Names: Chandramadhu, Bhushwati, Amarpriya, (Madhukauns?)

—Sultan Khan (1988)—