S-g-m-P-d-n-S
A loose collection of melodic strands which fall under the general banner of ‘Malkauns with Pa in avroh’ (thus offering significant overlap with Kaunsi Kanada and Sampurna Malkauns). Ascents typically stay true to the pentatonic structure of Malkauns, and the Pa is usually rendered in vakra avroh lines (e.g. ndmgmdP or gmdndmP). Beloved by vocalists (notably including Amir Khan), and also performed in the Dagarvani rudra veena lineage under its older title of ‘Pancham Kosh’ (Dagar musicians reportedly connect the raga to the South Indian Hindolavasantham) – as well as being used as a ‘proximate contrast’ with Malkauns itself as part of riyaz exercises.
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[refrains, e.g. 0:54] S(m)gmd nSn, (n)dm gmgS; mP Pmg, nSnd(n), S(m)gmm, gmn\dn\d, nSS, nSgn\dd, ndP Pm, S(m)gmd nSn…
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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-g-m-P-d-n-S
• Reverse: SRGmPDS (=none)
• Inverse: Ni; SRgmPnS (=Suha Kanada)
• Imperfect: 1 (Pa)
• Detached: none
• Symmetries: mirror (rR—Pd)
• Murchanas: Shankara set
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: Hindolavasantham
S-G2-M1-P-D1-N2-S
• Jazz: Aeolian (no 2nd)
1-b3-4-5-b6-b7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-3-5-7-8-10-0
(3–2–2–1–2–2)
o • • o • o • o o • o • o
• Tanpura: Sa–ma (+Pa)
• Names: Pancham Malkauns, Malkauns Pancham, Pancham Kosh
—Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (1984)—