S-R-m-P-D-n-S

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Adapted from the Carnatic ragam of the same name, Narayani takes the swaras of a ‘komal ni Durga’ (or ‘Khamaj no Ga’). Pa is a nyas, while Dha is rendered deergha (e.g. mPnD, DP), with a general melodic focus on madhya and taar saptaks. Tanarang describes the raga as “soothing”, while Parrikar traces its Northern inception to specific strands of Carnatic composition (“the inspiration…is Tyagaraja’s kritis: Bhajanaseyu Margamunu and Rama Neevekani…the raga name ‘Narayani’ [appears] as early as in the Sangita Makaranda of Narada [7th-9th century]…”). Prakriti with Gorakh Kalyan.

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[bandish, e.g. 0:43] mR R/P, D(PmP)m, (P)D (S)n, (S)D, P, mD(SD)S, S(nS) S(D), D(SRmR)n, D, (S)P\R…

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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.

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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: Gorakh Kalyan, Durgawati

–Swara Geometries–

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• Core form: S–R–m–P–D–n–S

• Reverse: SRgmPnS (=Nayaki Kanada)

• Negative: 2-2-1-2-2-3 (=itself)

• Imperfect: 1 (Dha)

• Detached: none

• Symmetries: mirror (gG—Dn)

• Murchanas: Shankara set

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• Quirks: ‘self-shadowing‘ (negative form=core form) • ‘atritonal‘ (no available tritones)

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–Global Translations–

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• Carnatic: Narayani

S-R₂-M₁-P-D₂-N₂-S

• Jazz: Mixolydian (no 3rd)

1-2-4-5-6-b7-8

• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):

0-2-5-7-9-10-0

(2–3–2–2–1–2)

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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa (+Ni)

• Names: Narayani, Narayana, Nārāiṇ (historic)

—Mubarak Ali Khan (~1980s)—