S-r-G-mM-P-D-N-S

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Typically considered the modern successor to the ‘original’ form of Basant – with Maihar musicians such as Nikhil Banerjee and Nityanand Haldipur considering it inseparable from Adi Basant (‘shuddha’, as well as referring to ‘pure’ or ‘unaltered’ swaras, may also indicate ‘primary’ or ‘original’: similar to the meaning of ‘adi’). Generally, it differs from the ‘main’ Basant in taking a shuddha Dha (placing it in line with Marwa thaat), although Dhrupad artists may omit Pa, and others may include touches of shuddha ma in avroh amongst other disparate quirks (some link it to Lalit, Hemant, and Bhinna Shadja). Also refer to renditions by sitarist Kushal Das, sarodiya Amjad Ali Khan, and bansuriyas Pannalal Ghosh and Hariprasad Chaurasia – and compare to the similarly-ancient Pancham, as well as other Basant variants such as Malti Basant, Gauri Basant, and Dakshinatya Basant.

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[refrain, e.g. 0:10] D(SNR)S N(D), (NS)S (Gm)m D(SNR) (N)S N(D), M, m…

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“Vasanta Raga, from a folio…” (Rajasthan, c.1670) / “Dancing nobleman play the role of Krishna in celebrations for the coming of spring, witnessed by flowering plants in the foreground, and the golden flower vessel balanced on his hand. The allusion to Krishna is secured by the nobleman’s skirt of peacock feathers, and the circle of female musicians accompanying him: together, they recall Krishna’s ‘raslila’ dance with the gopis…” (Rajasthan, c.1620)

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

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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.

• Prakriti: Bhankari, Bhatiyar, Lalit Pancham, Pancham, Sohini Pancham, Vihang

–Swara Geometries–

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• Core form: S–r–G–mM–P–D–N–S

• Reverse: SrgmMPdNS

• Negative: 4-1-5-2

• Imperfect: 2 (re, Pa)

• Detached: none

• Symmetries: none

• Murchanas: none

–Global Translations–

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• Carnatic: ~Chayatharangini

S-R₁-G₃-M₁-M₂-P-D₂-N₃-S

• Jazz: Lydian-Ionian b2

1-b2-3-4-#4-5-6-7-8

• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):

0-1-4-5-6-7-9-11-0

(1–3–1–1–1–2–2–1)

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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa

• Names: Shuddha Basant, Suddha Vasanta, Sudh Vasant, (~’Shuddha Dha Basant’)

—Hariprasad Chaurasia (1994)—