S-gG-m-D-n-S
A low-high combination of Jog and Rageshri invented by Ravi Shankar and first released on a stellar 1980 album (although he was performing it at least 5 years before this: e.g. a 1975 rendition from an all-night concert in Varanasi). Jog’s strong shuddha Ga dominates the poorvang, while motions towards the uttarang revolve around Rageshri’s m-D jump (e.g. GmDm, mDG, mDnS), and avroh movements may place phrases from both ragas in rhythmic parallel (e.g. SnDm, GmgS). Described by Tanarang as “very melodious and straightforward…a meend-pradhan raga [which] can be rendered freely in all three octaves” (although his description of a “rather deep atmosphere” doesn’t match so much with my own ears, which have always heard more of a flittering, folksy lightness in the raga). The basic scale form (a Pa–murchana of the Jog-allied Tilang) is curious in that its that ‘reverse‘ is the same as its ‘negative‘ (=SRgPdDS). Also explore other Jog-based fusions including Jogeshwari Pancham, as well as J.P. Gunidas’ Jogkauns and Ulhas Bapat’s Amrut Ranjani – plus other Ravi-authored forms such as Parameshwari, Gangeshwari, Kameshwari, Rangeshwari, Mohankauns, Bairagi, Bairagi Todi, Ahir Lalit, and Pancham se Gara.
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—Ravi Shankar (1980)—
[gat, e.g. 0:02] (S)n D m, GmG (m)g/m, nSDn g\S, Gm GmD, D(nSn)D, m…
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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: (none found)
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–gG–m–D–n–S
• Reverse: SRgPdDS (=negative!)
• Negative: 2-1-4-1-1-3 (=reverse!)
• Imperfect: 2 (Sa, Ga)
• Detached: none
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: Tilang (on ma)
• Quirks: ‘reverse form = negative form‘
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Vagadeeshvari
S-G2-G3-M1-D2-N2-S
• Jazz: Dorian (dbl. 3rd, no 2nd/5th)
1-b3-3-4-6-b7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-3-4-5-9-10-0
(3–1–1–4–1–2)
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• Tanpura: Sa–ma
• Names: Jogeshwari, Jogesvari
—Salil Bhatt (2010)—