S-r-g-m-D-n-S

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A near-extinct raga of uncertain origin, Deen Todi sets an ‘Ahiri no Pa’ form to the framework of the Todi-ang. Best preserved via an astonishing rendition by Kamalesh Maitra on the tabla tarang (a semicircle of 13 sruti-tuned dayan drums: below), accompanied by a multiphonic cluster of tanpura drones (tuned to a D-n-r-S cluster). Parveen Sultana has also sung it live, and seems to have taught it to students too – but today, the raga has largely been subsumed by Ravi Shankar‘s prakriti Parameshwari. Also see the overlapping Jaiwanti Todi and Prabhateshwari – and read more about Maitra’s multi-tabla innnovations in an NTS overview (“He remained a member of [Ravi Shankar‘s brother] Uday Shankar’s dance group for more than 20 years, travelling to the USA, China, Africa, and Europe, firstly as its master-drummer and then as its artistic director. While working for Uday, Maitra also studied the sarod with Ali Akbar Khan…”).

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—Kamalesh Maitra (1996)—

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[theme, e.g. 1:12] Sr, gmnD, DnD, DmgrSr, gmnD…

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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: Parameshwari

See all shadav ragas which omit Pa – and also compare to other members of the Todi raganga

–Swara Geometries–

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• Core form: S–r–g–m–D–n–S

• Reverse: SRgPDNS

• Complement: SRGMPdNS (=Latangi)

• Imperfect: 3 (Sa, re, Dha)

• Detached: 2 (re, Dha)

• Symmetries: none

• Murchanas: Kameshwari set

–Global Translations–

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• Carnatic: (~Natakapriya)

S-R₁-G₂-M₁-D₂-N₂-S

• Jazz: Sagimic

1-b2-b3-4-6-b7-8

• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):

0-1-3-5-9-10-0

(1–2–2–4–1–2)

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o o • o • o • • • o o • o

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• Tanpura: Sa–ma (+ni, re, Dha)

• Names: Deen Todi, Dhin Todi, (~Parameshwari)

• Transliterations: Hindi (दीन तोड़ी)

—Parveen Sultana (1977)—