S-R-g-M-P-D-N-S
A shringara raga of recent origin, Madhuvanti is geared towards evoking a ‘sweet’ flavour (‘madhu’ means ‘honey’). Rajan Parrikar cites “shared credits for its development…Vilayat Khan is said to have conceived it [in the] 1940s…and around the same time, Vamanrao Padhye of Kolhapur composed a similar raga and called it Ambika, after the Goddess”. Multani is a phraseological ally, formed by lowering Re and Dha to their komal forms.
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[alap phrases, e.g. 0:02] PS(NRSNS)N, (S)N, (S)N(SNDP), PS(NSDN)S (N)S, (NR)SNDP N, P(MPM) D(PMP) S(NRSNS)N, DPD P(MP); N P(S)NSg g(RS), (SRS)R, Sg(R) (SR)N, NSRNSR NDP(MP)M P(DPMP) S(NRSNS)N, PNSM(gMg)RS, NSgM(gR)S…
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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-P-D-N-S
• Reverse: SrgmMDnS (=none)
• Inverse: ni; SgMPnS (=Madhukauns)
• Imperfect: 3 (ga, Ma, Dha)
• Detached: 1 (ga)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: Nat Bhairav set
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: Dharmavati
S-R2-G2-M2-P-D2-N3-S
• Jazz: Lydian b3
1-2-b3-#4-5-6-7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-2-3-6-7-9-11-0
(2–1–3–1–2–2–1)
o • o o • • o o • o • o o
• Tanpura: Sa–Pa (+Ni)
• Names: Madhuvanti, Madhuvani, Ambika, ‘Madhumalati’
—Shivkumar Sharma (2011)—