S-m-P-d-N-S
Stretched by the emptiness of a vast S-m poorvang jump, Devranjani is formed by removing the Re and Ga from Bhairav. Abhirang offers up both ‘shuddha Ni’ and ‘double Ni’ variants, with the former appearing to be predominant – while Bhatkhande’s early 20th-century works discuss the importance of the ascending phrase Sm, mP as a launchpoint into the denser uttarang space. Seemingly of Carnatic origin (despite differing from the South Indian form of similar name) – and, though tantalising, remains rare.
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—Abhijith Shenoy ‘Abhirang’ (2021)—
[refrain, e.g. 5:17] N\d N S, (N)SSm, Pm(PmPm)S, (N)Sm, (S)Pm (Pmd), N(dNdNd) S…
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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: (none found)
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–m–P–d–N–S
• Reverse: SrGmPS
• Negative: 3-1-1-1-2-3-1
• Imperfect: 3 (Pa, dha, Ni)
• Detached: 2 (dha, Ni)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: none
• Quirks: consecutive varjits (Re–Ga)
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Manohari
S-M1-P-D1-N3-S
• Jazz: Harmonic Minor (no 2nd/3rd)
1-4-5-b6-7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-5-7-8-11-0
(5–2–1–3–1)
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa (+Ni)
• Names: Devranjani, Devaranji, Devranji
—S.N. Ratanjankar (~1960s)—