S-R-M-P-D-n-S

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Dreamed up by Ravi Shankar during a car journey in Chengali, sometime in March 1968. As explained by his widow Sukanya: “While riding in the car, he conceived the nucleus of a melodic form that he later developed and called Kameshwari [‘Lordess of Love’]. By using the old murchana and swara bheda system, he discovered three more ragas at [its] heart” (=Parameshwari, Gangeshwari, and Rangeshwari). The SRMP sequence places it in line with Saraswati, as well as resembling ‘Vachaspati no Ga’ or ‘Gorakh Kalyan tivra Ma’. Also see other Ravi-authored ragas including Jogeshwari, Mohankauns, Bairagi, Bairagi Todi, Ahir Lalit, and Pancham se Gara.

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—Ravi Shankar (1972)—

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[refrain, e.g. 10:31] R(M)P, P(M)R, S(M)R, S(n)S, nDP, MPDn(D) S, (n)SR, R(M)P…

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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.

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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: Saraswati

–Swara Geometries–

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• Core form: S–R–M–P–D–n–S

• Reverse: SRgmMnS

• Negative: 2-2-1-1-3-3

• Imperfect: 3 (Ma, Dha, ni)

• Detached: 2 (Ma, ni)

• Symmetries: none

• Murchanas: Kameshwari set

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• Quirks: ‘tivra Ma, komal ni‘ (rarest pairing)

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–Global Translations–

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• Carnatic: ~Saraswati

S-R₂-M₂-P-D₂-N₂-S

• Jazz: Lydian Dominant (no 3rd)

1-2-#4-5-6-b7-8

• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):

0-2-6-7-9-10-0

(2–4–1–2–1–2)

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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa

• Names: Kameshwari, Kameshwaree

—Shamim Ahmed Khan (1993)—