S-gG-m-d-n-S
A fascinating yet sparsely-recorded creation of Kirana vocalist Prabha Atre, matching the swaras of ‘Malkauns double-Ga’ (or ‘Nandkauns no Pa’). The addition of shuddha Ga maintains the original Ga–ni symmetry axis of Malkauns, while also giving more gravity to shuddha ma via upward resolutions of G/m – a feature which forms the basis of most renditions (e.g. Gm, ndm, GGm), sometimes even tempting the feel of a ‘ma-murchana’ (=Hemshri). Komal ga is mostly used in Sa-bound concluding phrases, in which shades of Jogkauns may appear (mGmgS). Intriguingly, I came across an old Atre recording entitled ‘Surya Kauns’, which I’m 99% certain is a ‘proto-Madhurkauns’: the bandish and melodic character are near-identical to a ‘shuddha Ga only’ version of her spellbinding Madhurkauns performance at Darbar 2014, around half a century later (…she may have renamed her rework due to the existence of other, unrelated species of ‘Suryakauns’). Prakriti with Mohankauns, despite their contrasting emotional characters – and not to be confused with Madhukauns, another audav vocal raga created around the same time by Amir Khan.
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—Prabha Atre (2014)—
[refrains, e.g. 1:22] G m m/n(dnd)m, GGmm; m\gS, Sgmd (m)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.
• Prakriti: Mohankauns
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–gG–m–d–n–S
• Reverse: SRGPdDS
• Negative: 2-1-4-1-2-2 (e.g. Rageshri)
• Imperfect: 2 (Sa, Ga)
• Detached: 1 (Ga)
• Symmetries: mirror (G—n)
• Murchanas: Hemshri set
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Ragavardhini
S-G2-G3-M1-D1-N2-S
• Jazz: Epogimic
1-b3-3-4-b6-b7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-3-4-5-8-10-0
(3–1–1–3–2–2)
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• Tanpura: Sa–ma
• Names: Madhurkauns, Madhurkans, ~Surya Kauns (not Madhukauns)
—Rageshree Vairagkar (2022)—