S-r-G-m-P-D-N-S
A springtime raga described by sarodiya Joydeep Mukherjee as “very rare…adapted from Carnatic music” (hear him play it on “a very rare instrument, the Radhika Mohanveena”, created by Radhika Mohan Maitra in 1948 – accompanied by Subhasish Sabyasachi, “the first ambidextrous percussionist of India“). The name translates as ‘Southern Basant’ (to distinguish it from the main Basant) – while also sharing historical overlap with the more archaic Adi Basant and Shuddha Basant, alongside a close relationship to Shuddha Sohini (…many consider the two ragas to be indistinguishable). Enjoys an occasional presence on the modern concert stage – see recent renditions by Anuradha Kuber and Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande, as well as a Sarala Bhide bandish breakdown by Ashok Da Ranade.
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—Anuradha Kuber (2009)—
[refrain, e.g. 0:29] (D)S N(D)D N(S)D, m(Gm) G(r) r(Sr)SS…
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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: Thaat #18, Bhatiyari Bhairav, Mangal Bhairav
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–r–G–m–P–D–N–S
• Reverse: SrgmPdNS (=’thaat #24‘)
• Negative: 4-1-3-2-2 (e.g. Devshri)
• Imperfect: 3 (re, Pa, Ni)
• Detached: 1 (re)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: none
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Suryakantam
S-R1-G3-M1-P-D2-N3-S
• Jazz: Ionian b2
1-b2-3-4-5-6-7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-1-4-5-7-9-11-0
(1–3–1–2–2–2–1)
o o • • o o • o • o • o o
• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Dakshinatya Basant, Dakshinataya Vasantha
—Jaydeep Vaidya (~2010s)—
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