S-R-g-M-P-D-S

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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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[refrain, e.g. 17:40] R(/g\)R, S RS, (SD)PDP, S, R(/g\)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.

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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.

–Swara Geometries–

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• 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–

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• 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)—