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S-R-G-m-d-n-S

A captivating shadav raga created by my own sitar guru-ji Pandit Shivnath Mishra, resembling ‘Charukeshi no Pa’. The only known recording is a brief clip by his sarod student Pat Lambdin, filmed at a 2024 Vermont concert with Amit Kavthekar on fine tabla form (mukhda: dnSRG; GmGRS). [More info to follow…]. Compare to Imratkauns, the only known prakriti – and for more on my guru-ji’s life and sonic innovations, watch his Ahir Bhairav performance (filmed by the BBC aboard a Ganges riverboat) and read a brief bio article (“In a family of vocalists, he was the first to master the sitar…His lively, powerful, and unique style draws from the [musical traditions] of Benares…the gayaki of dhrupad, thumri, tappa, chaiti, hori, kajri, and dadra are all applied in his instrumentals…”). According to his son and disciple Deobrat Mishra, he has also created two other ragas – Ganga Ranjani and Atal Kalyan – neither of which seem to have been formally recorded yet either…

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—Pat Lambdin (2024)—

[lehra, e.g. 5:22] dnSRG, G m G\R S; dnSRG, G m G\R S; dnSRG…

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Explore hidden inter-raga connections: swara geometries, melodic features, murchana sets, ragangas, & more (also see the Full Tag List):

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: Imratkauns

Also see other shadav ragas which omit Pa

–Swara Geometries–

• Core form: S–R–G–m–d–n–S

• Reverse: SRGPdnS

• Negative: 2-2-3-1-2-2

• Imperfect: 4 (Sa, Re, Ga, dha)

• Detached: 3 (Re, Ga, dha)

• Symmetries: none

• Murchanas: none

• Quirks: ‘fragmented‘ (at least half the swaras are detached)

–Global Translations–

• Carnatic: (~Charukeshi)

S-R₂-G₃-M₁-D₁-N₂-S

• Jazz: Mixolydian b6 (no 5th)

1-2-3-4-b6-b7-8

• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):

0-2-4-5-8-10-0

(2–2–1–3–2–2)

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• Tanpura: Sa–ma

• Names: Shiv Manjari, Shivmanjari

• Transliterations: Hindi (शिव मंजरी)

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