S-g-m-P-d-n-S

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A hexatonic raga of bewitching beauty, Gopika Basant matches the swaras of ‘Asavari no Re’ (or ‘Malkauns add Pa’) – while also inviting shades of Bhairavi from ga upwards. The Sa–ma sangati is strong, and, as noted by Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy, descents can mirror the Malkauns-style scheme of “parallel conjunct tetrachords by oblique use of the Pa” (e.g. in ndm, P(g), mgS: where Pa separates two phrases of identical intervallic shape). While its origins seem to lie in the South Indian Gopikavasantham, renditions now match more closely to the allied Hindolavasantham via the absence of Re – although the raga’s Hindustani incarnation remains tantalisingly rare (to my ears, a bewildering situation…).

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[refrain, e.g. 0:53] (gm)P, P(mg)g, gmg\S, SgmP(m)d, d(m)m, (gm)P, P(mg)g, g(P)mg\S…

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• Carnatic Origins •

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—Ragam Gopikavasantham—

(T.M. Krishna)

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[n.b. Today’s Hindustani Gopika Basant matches more closely with the swaras of the Southern Hindolavasantham]

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• Prakriti: Pancham Malkauns

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–Swara Geometries–

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• Core form: S–g–m–P–d–n–S

• Reverse: SRGmPDS

• Negative: 2-1-2-2-3-2 (=itself)

• Imperfect: 1 (Pa)

• Detached: none

• Symmetries: mirror (rR—Pd)

• Murchanas: Shankara set

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• Quirks: ‘self-shadowing‘ (negative form=core form) • ‘atritonal‘ (no available tritones)

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–Global Translations–

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• Carnatic: Gopikavasantam

S-G₂-M₁-P-D₁-N₂-S

• Jazz: Aeolian (no 2nd)

1-b3-4-5-b6-b7-8

• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):

0-3-5-7-8-10-0

(3–2–2–1–2–2)

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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa

• Names: Gopika Basant, Gopi Basant, Gopikavasant

• Transliterations: Hindi (गोपिका बसन्त)

—Sunder Lal Gandharv (~1980s)—