S-R-gG-m-P-D-n-S
A seldom-heard Rageshri variant which incorporates Kanada-flavoured poorvang phrases into a broadly Khamaj-ang framework. The only full-length recording I was able to find is a fascinating 1960 album rendition by Dhrupad vocal legend Rahimuddin Khan Dagar (Ganga Jata Shiv: transcribed below), which incorporates shuddha Re and komal ga in curious adjacent movements such as SR(Gg)G, G(g)R. Intriguingly, the komal ga is often intoned with a notably higher sruti than usual (e.g. SR(Gg)G, G(g)R), at times even crossing the ‘quarter-tone’ boundary to blur its distinction with shuddha Ga (n.b. also see Lagan Gandhar, Kumar Gandharva’s ‘triple-Ga’ creation, as well as the Dagarvani concept of ‘non-zero Sa’). Aside from this take, the only other example I could trace is a riyaz session by bansuriya and environmental activist Satya Vayu (“from a selection of rough recordings”). Compare to prakriti ragas including Malgunji, Lankeshwari, and Neelambari.
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[alap, e.g. 0:05] (n)S, (D)S, n(SnSnS)S, (S)GR(GR) SS, SR(Gg)G, G(g)R S, DR (Sn)DnS(nD), G, S(n)S G, (nSn)S S, n(Sn) S(nSDP), mmGG, GmP (S)n S(n), S(nD) (nR)S, (R)S R(nSPn) n(DP), PmmG, GmP (PS)n, (SnSn)n S…
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Poorvang: SRGM | SRG | SRM | SGM
Uttarang: PDNS | PDS | PNS | DNS
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• Prakriti: Malgunji, Bheem, Lankeshwari, Neelambari
Also compare to other members of the Kanada and Khamaj ragangas
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–R–gG–m–P–D–n–S
• Reverse: SRgmPdDnS
• Complement: SrMdNS
• Imperfect: 1 (Ga)
• Detached: none
• Symmetries: mirror (gG—Dn)
• Murchanas: Bihag set
• Quirks: ‘maximal‘ (swaras are optimally ‘spread out’)
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Dwijavanthi
S-R2-G2-G3-M1-P-D2-N2-S
• Jazz: Bebop Dorian (dbl. 3rd)
1-2-b3-3-4-5-6-b7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-2-3-4-5-7-9-10-0
(2–1–1–1-2–2–1–2)
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• Tanpura: Sa–ma
• Names: Rageshri Kanada, Rageshree Kannada
• Transliterations: Hindi (रागेश्री कान्ह्डा); Bengali (রাগেশ্রী কানাড়া)
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