S-r-G-m-P-d-n-S
A modern Ali Akbar Khan creation, prakriti with Basant Mukhari. As per the liner notes to the raga’s 1964 LP release, “It permits only five notes in aroha, dropping [Ga & Ni]. For avroh, it admits all the seven notes…[re & dha] are flats as in Bhairav, and hence it is essentially a morning melody. Ali Akbar Khan renders a composition in Prabhakali [in] a rhythmic cycle of 14 beats known as dhamar…”.
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—Ali Akbar Khan (1964)—
[jor phrases, e.g. 1:58] rmP, P, P… mPdm rSdr, m, PdSr mPdmdP, d/r(SrSr…)\P, Pd(Pm), mPd(Pn)d mr…
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Explore hidden inter-raga connections: swara geometries, melodic features, murchana sets, ragangas, & more (also see the Full Tag List):
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-r-G-m-P-d-n-S
• Reverse: SRGmPdNS (=Nat Bhairav)
• Inverse: Ni; SgGPnS (=none)
• Imperfect: 3 (Ga, Pa, dha)
• Detached: 1 (Ga)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: Kirwani set
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: Vakulabharanam
S-R1-G3-M1-P-D1-N2-S
• Jazz: Phrygian Dominant
1-b2-3-4-5-b6-b7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-1-4-5-7-8-10-0
(1–3–1–2–1–2–2)
o o • • o o • o o • o • o
• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Prabhakali, Prabhkali
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