S-gG-M-P-nN-S

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A direct borrowing of Carnatic music’s 72nd melakarta scale: which, as the final position on the wheel, has all its swaras set to their highest available positions. In Hindustani music, the equivalent principle would produce Yaman (SRGMPDNS), but the South Indian system allows three variants for each of Re, Ga, Dha, & Ni, with the highest Re/Dha positions overlapping with the lower Ga/Ni options. Thus, Rasikpriya’s ‘double-Ga, double-Ni’ is just a Hindustani ‘translation’ of the original Carnatic ‘tivra Re, tivra Dha’ (actually referred to as ‘Ru/Du’ or ‘R₃/D₃‘). Seemingly introduced to the Northern ragascape by Shivkumar Sharma, who recorded several spellbinding renditions (notably the 1991 take below, from an all-night concert in Stuttgart with Zakir Hussain) – and taken up by his son Rahul and student Valmik Dhande in more recent years. Also see my melakarta breakdown.

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Aroha: e.g. SGMPNS

Avroh: e.g. SNnPMGgS

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Chalan: (uncodified)

—Shivkumar Sharma (1991)—

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[gat, e.g. 30:13] NNS, GgG, Pn(NS) S, (Pn)P P(MG)G, nPP, nP(MG)P G, PgG P, S, NN(S)S, PMP, GMPNS, (GMP)nPP, (nPM)PP, (nPM)MP, PgG…

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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: (none found)

–Swara Geometries–

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• Core form: S–gG–M–P–nN–S

• Reverse: SrRmMdDS

• Negative: 4-1-3-3-1 (e.g. Bibhas)

• Imperfect: 3 (Ma, Pa, ni) 

• Detached: none

• Symmetries: mirror (m—N)

• Murchanas: Bhairav set

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• Quirks: ‘centred‘ (constellation balances at the wheel’s centrepoint)

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–Global Translations–

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• Carnatic: Rasikpriya

S-G₂-G₃-M₂-P-N₂-N₃-S

• Jazz: Minor Pent. #4 (dbl. 3rd/7th)

1-b3-3-#4-5-b7-7-8

• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):

0-3-4-6-7-10-11-0

(3–1–2–1–3–1–1)

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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa

• Names: Rasikpriya, Rasikapriya, Rasik Priya

—Rahul Sharma (2008)—