S-r-g-M-d-N-S
A popular Todi variant named for its association with Gujarat, India’s Westernmost state. Linked to the morning hours, it takes a similar swara set to the main Todi, distinguishing itself by omitting Pa throughout. Dagarvani beenkar Bahauddin Dagar chooses to intone the raga’s Sa with a slightly higher sruti than that of the tanpura, adjusted in accordance with the sun’s daily arc (see non-zero Sa). Tanarnag cites a mood of “sweetness [and] karuna“, revolving around a deergha komal re. Pleasingly, Gujiri Todi is also an exact murchana of Jog (i.e. if you rotate Gujiri Todi so that dha becomes the ‘new Sa’, you get Jog’s full swara set).
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[refrain, e.g. 2:54] (d)Srg/d Mg(rg)r, g r S(NS), (d)Srg/d…
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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.
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S-r-g-M-d-N-S
• Reverse: SrGMDNS (=Marwa)
• Inverse: ni; SGMPDNS (=none)
• Imperfect: 2 (Sa, ga)
• Detached: 1 (Sa)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: Jog set
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: Shekharachandrika
S-R1-G2-M2-D1-N3-S
• Jazz: Lydian b2 b3 b6 (no 5th)
1-b2-b3-#4-b6-7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-1-3-6-8-11-0
(1–2–3–2–3–1)
o o • o • • o • o • • o o
• Tanpura: Sa–dha (+Ni)
• Names: Gujiri Todi, Gurjari Todi
—Shivkumar Sharma (2010)—