S-R-g-M-P-D-S
A barely-documented modern creation of sitar and surbahar legend Imrat Khan – kindly brought to my attention by his former student Chris Stephens via the Chandrakantha forum: “In regard to the ‘idiosyncratic’ Etawah ragas, here’s a video of [Khan] playing Shivawanti, which he described as a combination of Madhuvanti and Shivranjani. I captured this in 2007 in St. Louis, and it is likely the only recording of this raga…” (n.b. I’m 99% certain that a piece entitled ‘Solo Sitar’ from Khan’s yoga-themed 2008 album is a studio take of the same raga: and Stephens has since recorded his own gat cover). Still seemingly unperformed by anyone else, the raga is prakriti with Vijayanagari, a rare Carnatic import – although subtle flashes of komal ni also appear in the aforementioned studio rendition.
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—Imrat Khan (2007)—
[refrain, e.g. 17:40] R(/g\)R, S RS, (SD)PDP, S, R(/g\)R…
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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-M-P-D-S
• Reverse: SgmMDnS (=none)
• Inverse: Ni; SRmMDNS (=none)
• Imperfect: 3 (ga, Ma, Dha)
• Detached: 2 (ga, Ma)
• Symmetries: mirror (Gm—nN)
• Murchanas: Lilavati (on Re)
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: Vijayanagari
S-R2-G2-M2-P-D2-S
• Jazz: Lydian b3 (no 7th)
1-2-b3-#4-5-6-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-2-3-6-7-9-0
(2–1–3–1–2–3)
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Shivawanti
—Imrat Khan (2008)—