S-r-g-P-D-n-S
A rare ‘Ahiri no ma’ scale, combining a Todi-like poorvang with an Ahir Bhairavic uttarang. As per Rajan Parrikar: “S.N. Ratanjankar conceived of this raga…Ma is eliminated to yield the following contour: SrgPDnDS, SnDPg(P)rgrS. Brilliantly exploited by Jitendra Abisheki in a celebrated natyageeta. Watch out for the injection of a vivadi dosha via tivra Ma”. Likely derived from the Carnatic Shadvidhmargini (‘one with the path to a hundred forms of knowledge’), the 46th melakarta scale.
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—Mohan Darekar (2021)—
[motif, e.g. 0:44] S/rgP, PD, P(DnDPDnD) D(P), S/rgP, PD…
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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-r-g-P-D-n-S
• Reverse: SRgmDNS (=none)
• Inverse: Ni; SgmMPDS (=none)
• Imperfect: 4 (re, Pa, Dha, ni)
• Detached: 2 (re, Dha)
• Symmetries: mirror (m—N)
• Murchanas: none
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Shadvidamargini
S-R1-G2-P-D2-N2-S
• Jazz: Dorian b2 (no 4th)
1-b2-b3-5-6-b7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-1-3-7-9-10-0
(1–2–4–2–1–2)
o o • o • • • o • o o • o
• Tanpura: Sa–Pa (+ga)
• Names: Salagavarali, Salag Varali, Salagbarali
—Jitendra Abhisheki (~1980s)—