• Raag Deshkar •

S-R-G-P-D-S


Typically summarised as ‘the other raga with Bhupali’s swaras’, Deshkar shuffles the same five tones to produce a mood suited more to the morning than evening hours. Taking a vadi-samvadi of DhaGa (as opposed to Bhupali’s Ga-Dha), the raga is uttarang-dominant, with a melodic focus on vakra movements in madhya and taar saptaks. Dha and Pa exerts gravity as nyas, and Re (prominent in Bhupali) is often rendered durbal or skipped in ascent. Parrikar provides definitive tonal sentences of P, PGPD, DP, PDGP and PDGPGRS, RSDS, SGPD, DP. Also see the prakriti Jait Kalyan.


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[refrain, e.g. 1:48] S/SD, D(SDPD) P(PDPD)PP\G, G(PGP)D, P(GPG) G(R)S, S/SD…

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


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 | 32Enclosed | 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.

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• Prakriti: Bhupali, Pahadi, Jait Kalyan

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–Swara Geometries–

Core form: SRGPDS
Reverse: SgmdnS (=Malkauns)
Negative: 2-2-2-1-2-2-1 (e.g. Yaman)
Imperfect: 1 (Ga)
Detached: none
Symmetries: mirror (R—d)
Murchanas: Bhupali set

Quirks: ‘atritonal‘ (no available tritones) • maximal‘ (swaras are optimally ‘spread out’)

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–Global Translations–

Carnatic: ~Mohanam
S-R2-G3-P-D2-S
Jazz: Major Pentatonic
1-2-3-5-6-8
Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-2-4-7-9-0
(2–2–3–2–3)

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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa (+Ga)
• Names: Deshkar

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