S-R-m-P-D-n-S
A rare shadav raga, matching the swara set of ‘Durga plus komal ni’ (or ‘Kafi/Khamaj no Ga’). The inclusion of ni in avroh opens up Bageshri-like uttarang motions (SnDm…), with the rest of the raga generally trending towards Durga (e.g. RmPD; PDm; mRDS). Seemingly an invention of Maihar bansuriya Hariprasad Chaurasia, based on the lack of renditions by anyone else: with his most prominent recording being a 1997 Navras release (paired with the similarly folksy Mishra Shivranjani). Not to be confused with Durgeshwari (in either of its forms) – and also see the prakriti Gorakh Kalyan and Narayani. Further information welcome!
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[refrain, e.g. 18:59] D(nDP) mPD, S, nDPm R(n)S, D(nDP) mPD, 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: Gorakh Kalyan, Narayani
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–R–m–P–D–n–S
• Reverse: SRgmPnS (=Nayaki Kanada)
• Negative: 2-2-1-2-2-3 (=itself)
• Imperfect: 1 (Dha)
• Detached: none
• Symmetries: mirror (gG—Dn)
• Murchanas: Shankara set
• Quirks: ‘self-shadowing‘ (negative form=core form) • ‘atritonal‘ (no available tritones)
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Andolika
S-R2-M1-P-D2-N2-S
• Jazz: Mixolydian (no 3rd)
1-2-4-5-6-b7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-2-5-7-9-10-0
(2–3–2–2–1–2)
o • o • • o • o • o o • o
• Tanpura: Sa–ma
• Names: Durgawati, Durgavati (not Durgeshwari)
—Hariprasad Chaurasia (1997)—
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