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 Dha–Ga (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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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: Bhupali, Pahadi, Jait Kalyan
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–R–G–P–D–S
• 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’)
–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)
o • o • o • • o • o • • o
• Tanpura: Sa–Pa (+Ga)
• Names: Deshkar
—Shahid Parvez (2016)—