S-r-G-M-P-dD-N-S
A sandhiprakash raga which draws from Puriya Kalyan, Gauri, Marwa, and Shree. Depending on rendition, Dha may be komal (Ali Akbar Khan), shuddha (Ramprapanna Bhattacharya), or double (Khadim Hussain Khan) – with considerable cross-gharana variance in characteristic phraseologies. Maihar sarodiya Sayak Barua states that “NDNrNP is the heart of the raga”, and, as per Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar’s superb breakdown, the Jaipur-Atrauli incarnation is “a mix of Gauri, Puriya, and a little bit of Kalyan”. While popular in Kirtan and other Sikh devotional forms, Maligoura is only performed semi-regularly on the classical stage – with the most prominent recording being a 1989 Ali Akbar Khan album (gat transcribed below). Also see Dhavalshree (prakriti with the double-Dha Maligoura).
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—Ali Akbar Khan (1989)—
[theme, e.g. 10:58] P P N(D), D(P), P(M), (G)r G, GMPP, P P, N(D), D(P), P(M), (G)r G, SrS P, 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.
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: Dhavalshree
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–r–G–M–P–dD–N–S
• Reverse: SrgGmMdNS
• Negative: 4-1-2-5
• Imperfect: 2 (Pa, dha)
• Detached: none
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: none
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Gamanasrama
S-R1-G3-M2-P-D1-D2-N3-S
• Jazz: Lydian b2 (dbl. 6th)
1-b2-3-#4-5-b6-6-7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-1-4-6-7-8-9-11-0
(1–3–2–1–1–1–2–1)
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Maligoura, Maligaura, Marugaura, Mali Gaura, Maalee Gauraa
—Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar (2020)—