Mangal Todi | SrgmMPdnNS | Hindustani Raga Index

S-r-g-mM-P-d-nN-S

A variant of Todi, seemingly of ancient origin, involving the addition of shuddha ma via phrases such as Smmd and MdndPmmd. Ram Marathe’s rendition, built around energetic mixing of both Ma and Ni positions, is probably the most prominent interpretation – with Shounak Abhisheki’s 2021 lockdown take building superbly on these ideas, setting bewildering melodic turns amidst occasional hints of a dha-murchana (bandish transcribed below: in Abhisheki’s own words, “I’ll try to give you something different…”). Also performed by Devaki Pandit (“In ‘Anande Aiken’, I’ll try and shed light on the more uncommon varieties like Mangal Todi and Lakshmi Todi…digressing from the raga’s core nature is like an artist changing the key features of his subject’s face while creating her portrait…[but] the raga itself guides the vocalist, who is a mere explorer. So, always sing what the raga tells you to…”). Compare to the nearby Mangal Gujari and Khat Todi.

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—Shounak Abhisheki (2021)—

[bandish, e.g. 5:15] Sr/m (gr)gr, (S)r grS (Sd)nd S; SrgM(dMd)dd, dd(MGrGMdn)S nrS(nSnd) M(dMgrSrg)m, mm/nd(M) g(Mg)r Sr, gS, nd S…

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• Prakriti: Khat Todi, Adarangi Todi

–Swara Geometries–

• Core form: S–r–g–mM–P–d–nN–S

• Reverse: SrRGmMPDNS

• Negative: 5-2-5

• Imperfect: 1 (Pa)

• Detached: none

• Symmetries: mirror (g—D)

• Murchanas: Jaijaiwanti set

–Global Translations–

• Carnatic: (~Shubhapantuvarali)

S-R₁-G₂-M₁-M₂-P-D₁-N₂-N₃-S

• Jazz: Phrygian (dbl. 4th/7th)

1-b2-b3-4-#4-5-b6-b7-7-8

• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):

0-1-3-5-6-7-8-10-11-0

(1–2–2–1–1–1–2–1–1)

o o • o • o o o o • o o o

• Tanpura: Sa–Pa

• Names: Mangal Todi

• Transliterations: Hindi (मंगल तोडी)

—Ram Marathe (~1970s)—

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