S-R-g-m-P-D-n-S
Described by Rajan Parrikar as “an uncommon Kanada variety, on which there prevails no consensus”. Basing his analysis of Ramrang’s renditions, he considers the raga to be formed via “introducing a shuddha Dhaivat into the Adana stream…[although] the Agra-Atrauli edition comes in a different flavour, involving a recurring phrase of RmRP” (evident in Sharafat Hussain Khan‘s take). Also refer to the Kishori Amonkar bandish transcribed below, as well as Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar‘s melodic breakdown – which describes it as “complex, with continuous movement from one raga to another…there are three main components: Shahana Kanada [SD(nD)nP, nP(mgm)gm, DnP], Nayaki Kanada [mPnP, (PmP)SnS, R(R)n, n(Sn)S, PnP, n(m)P, P(mgm)gm, nP], and Sughrai Kanada [nP, RmRP, (mgm)g RSRS, RSnPnSR (mgm)gm, RSRS]”. Compare and contrast with other Kafi-prakriti Kanada ragas including Shahana, Raisa Kanada, and Hussaini Kanada.
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—Kishori Amonkar (1984)—
[refrain, e.g. 0:24] P(DPD), P(mPD) PDnS (D)Dn\P, P(DPDPmP), P(mPD) PDnS (D)Dn\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: Kafi thaat, Kafi, Bageshri, Bhimpalasi, Shahana, Desi, Dhanashree, Hussaini Kanada, Raisa Kanada
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–R–g–m–P–D–n–S
• Reverse: SRgmPDnS (=itself)
• Negative: 2-3-2-2-3 (e.g. Durga)
• Imperfect: 1 (Dha)
• Detached: none
• Symmetries: mirror (S—M)
• Murchanas: Bilawal set
• Quirks: ‘palindromic‘ (same intervals forwards & backwards) • ‘maximal‘ (swaras are optimally ‘spread out’)
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Kharaharapriya
S-R2-G2-M1-P-D2-N2-S
• Jazz: Dorian
1-2-b3-4-5-6-b7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-2-3-5-7-9-10-0
(2–1–2–2–2–1–2)
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Mudriki Kanada, Mudrik Kanada, Mudriki Kannada, Mangala Kanada
—Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar (2020)—