S-rR-g-m-P-d-n-S
Described by Parrikar as “an Asavariant of ancient vintage, [with] no consensus regarding its contemporary swarupa”, the modern Gandhari usually appears in double-Re form – although some variants also employ double-Ga and/or double-Dha. Many renditions follow a ‘Jaunpuri-plus’ framework, seasoning this raga with komal re in concluding phrases (e.g. nPndPmg, grgrS). Sometimes known as ‘Gandhari Todi’, indicative of the Todi-ang available in descending phrases (also see the prakriti Bahaduri Todi, as well as the related Dev Gandhar and Devgandhari Todi).
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[refrain, e.g. 4:09] P(d)P/S SS\d PP(d) m(G)m P mP; P(d)P/S SS\d PP(d) m(G)m P(d) mP; P(d)P/S SS\d PP(d) m(G)m P(mRmR) mP(mP)dP…
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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: Bahaduri Todi
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–rR–g–m–P–d–n–S
• Reverse: SRGmPDnNS (=Desh)
• Negative: 5-2-3-2
• Imperfect: 1 (Re)
• Detached: none
• Symmetries: mirror (rR—Pd)
• Murchanas: Bihag set
• Quirks: ‘maximal‘ (swaras are optimally ‘spread out’)
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Ghanta
S-R1-R2-G2-M1-P-D1-N2-S
• Jazz: Phrygiolian
1-b2-2-b3-4-5-b6-b7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-1-2-3-5-7-8-10-0
(1–1–1–2–2–1–2–2)
o o o o • o • o o • o • o
• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Gandhari, Gandari, Gandhari Todi
—Bundu Khan (~1950s)—