S-r-g-m-D-n-S
A near-extinct raga of uncertain origin, Deen Todi takes an ‘Ahiri no Pa’ form. 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 D-n-r-S). 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.
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—Kamalesh Maitra (1996)—
[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
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: Parameshwari
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–r–g–m–D–n–S
• Reverse: SRgPDNS
• Negative: 3-2-2-1-1-3
• Imperfect: 3 (Sa, re, Dha)
• Detached: 2 (re, Dha)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: Kameshwari set
–Global Translations–
• 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)
o o • o • o • • • o o • o
• Tanpura: Sa–ma (+ni, re, Dha)
• Names: Deen Todi, Dhin Todi, (~Parameshwari)
—Parveen Sultana (1977)—