S-m-P-d-N-S

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Stretched by the emptiness of a vast Sa–ma 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 unavoidable strength of the ascending phrase Sm, mP as a launchpoint into the denser uttarang space. Said to be of Carnatic origin (despite differing from the South Indian form of similar name) – and, though tantalising, remains very rare, with limited melodic consensus. Currently the only raga in the index to constrain its poorvang to the generic swaras ‘Sa-Ma’ – compare to other scales which omit consecutive generic swaras including Adbhut Kalyan, Meghranjani, and Malashree.

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Aroha: SmPdNS

Avroh: SNdPmS

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Pakad: variable, e.g. Sm; mP; NdNS

Chalan: (open-form)

—Abhirang (2021)—

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[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

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: (none found)

Also compare to other members of the Bhairav raganga (n.b. given the absence of komal re, the Bhairav designation is debatable)

–Swara Geometries–

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• Core form: S–m–P–d–N–S

• Reverse: SrGmPS

• Complement: SrRgGMDnS

• Imperfect: 3 (Pa, dha, Ni)

• Detached: 2 (dha, Ni)

• Symmetries: none

• Murchanas: none

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• Quirks: ‘consecutive varjits‘ (all forms of Re & Ga are omitted)

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–Global Translations–

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• 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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o • • • • o • o o • • o o

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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa (+Ni)

• Names: Devranjani, Devaranji, Devranji

• Transliterations: Hindi (देवरंजनी)

—S.N. Ratanjankar (~1960s)—