S-R-m-P-nN-S
The Sarang raga lineage, often linked to 16th-century mystic-musician Swami Haridas, is also associated with snake-charming rituals of the past. Brindabani Sarang, named for Uttar Pradesh’s Vrindavan region, is the principal raga of this group – and is believed to have brought an incarnation of Krishna to earth when Haridas sung it for the first time. The raga is associated with the blazing midday sun, and consequently tends to be expounded in madhya and taar saptak. Re (the vadi) is typically played ‘unadorned’: free of slides, trills, or other ornaments. Similar to a double-Ni variant of Madhumad Sarang, while also belonging to the Jog murchana set.
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Aroha: SRmPNS
Avroh: SnPmRS
Chalan: e.g. SN, NSR, P(m)R, nPmR, N, S (Parrikar)
—Jayateerth Mevundi (2017)—
[refrain, e.g. 0:20] (SR)NN S(NS)S, R S, S(NSRSNS) n\P NN, P(SN)R S, S(RmPn)P m(PnP) mRR, (R)NN, P(SN)R…
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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.
• Prakriti: (none found)
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–R–m–P–nN–S
• Reverse: SrRmPnS
• Negative: 4-2-1-2-2-1 (e.g. Manavi)
• Imperfect: 2 (Re, Ni)
• Detached: 1 (Ni)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: Jog set
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Brindavana Saranga
S-R2-M1-P-N2-N3-S
• Jazz: Bebop Dominant (no 3rd/6th)
1-2-4-5-b7-7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-2-5-7-10-11-0
(2–3–2–3–1–1)
o • o • • o • o • • o o o
• Tanpura: Sa–Pa (+Re)
• Names: Sarang, Brindabani Sarang, Vrindavani Sarang
—Ali Akbar Khan (1981)—