S-r-G-mM-P-d-nN-S

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Resembling ‘Bhairav with touches of tivra ma and komal ni in avroh’, Ramkali is an early morning raga, often associated with Sikh saintly traditions (“the emotions in Ramkali are like those of a wise teacher disciplining their student, who is aware of the pain of learning…”). Though generally similar to Bhairav, Ramkali focuses more on madhya and taar saptak, while also rendering re and dha with less oscillation. Dhrupadyas may set their tritonal re–Pa sangati to subtly higher sruti.

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[sanchari, e.g. 0:24] S(NS)G, G(mG), mG\r, N(SN)dS, S(N)S, S(NS)N\d, d(nd) P, P(dP)M, P d, P(nd), n\d, d/S, S(NrS)N\d S; S(NS)G…

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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.

–Swara Geometries–

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• Core form: S-r-G-mM-P-d-nN-S

• Reverse: SrRGmMPdNS (=Roopkali)

• Inverse: Dha; SmMS (=none)

• Imperfect: 2 (Pa, dha)

• Detached: none

• Symmetries: none

• Murchanas: none

–Global Translations–

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• Carnatic: ~Mayamalavagowla

S-R₁-G₃-M₁-M₂-P-D₁-N₂-N₃-S

• Jazz: Phrygian Dominant (dbl. 4th/7th)

1-b2-3-4-#4-5-b6-b7-7-8

• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):

0-1-4-5-6-7-8-10-11-0

(1–3–1–1–1–1–2–1–1)

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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa (+dha)

• Names: Ramkali, Ramkhali

—Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil (2013)—