S-R-mM-P-D-N-S

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A prominent early afternoon raga of the Sarang family, often said to evoke sringara. Ga is omitted, Dha is ornamental, and shuddha ma is introduced in avroh (always before Re, and sometimes adjacent to the tivra, e.g. MmR) – with Tanarang giving a pakad of NDSNRS (n.b. older variants of the raga also employed komal ni: used similarly as ‘tivra Dha’ in S. Balachander’s Dhrupad-Carnatic rework). Despite its current-day fame, beloved by instrumentalists and vocalists alike, Bhatkhande noted that only a few artists of his era played it (~a century ago) – although the Sarang lineage itself stretches back much further, finding mention in Ramamatya’s 1550 Swaramela Kalanidhi and turning up in assorted ragmala paintings (either as a son of Shree or a ragini of Malkauns). Also refer to Bor’s bandish translation (“While I was swinging, a snake bit the tip of my finger…”), and an incredible rendition by Budhaditya Mukherjee – as well as Shyam Kalyan (the same scale plus Ga). Multi-instrumentalist Eric O’Daly recommends a fine pair of vocal renditions: “Padma Talwalkar’s is beautiful, and Pran Nath’s is hypnotic and incredible”.

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Aroha: NSRMPNS

Avroh: SN, DPMPM, mRS, NS

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Chalan: e.g. SNSR; RmR; SN; PNDS; NR; S; RmR; mP; PRmR; SN; NSR; S; NSRmRMP; RMPN; (D)P; PNSRS; RSN(D)P; RmR; mR(S)N; NS (Parrikar)

—Debashish Bhattacharya (2013)—

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[refrain, e.g. 4:03] R(m)R, MMP, (NR)SN, P(M)P, m\R, (m)RNS…

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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

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Aroha: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna

Avroh: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna

Jati: Equal | Balanced | Av.+1 | Av.+2

Samay: Morning | Aftern. | Eve. | Night

Raganga: Bhairav | Malhar | Kan. | Todi

Construction: Jod | Mishra | Oddball

Origin: Ancient | Carnatic | Modern

Dominance: Poorvang | Uttarang

Prevalence: A-list | Prachalit | Aprach.

• Prakriti: Noor Sarang, Kedar

See all shadav ragas which omit Ga

Also see other ragas with the generic swaras ‘Sa-Re-Ma-Pa-Ni‘ – and compare to the rest of the Sarang raganga

–Swara Geometries–

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• Core form: S–R–mM–P–D–N–S

• Reverse: SrgmMPnS

• Negative: 3-2-1-4-2 (e.g. Bairagi)

• Imperfect: 2 (Ma, Dha)

• Detached: none

• Symmetries: none

• Murchanas: Kedar set

–Global Translations–

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• Carnatic: ~Neelambari

S-R₂-M₁-M₂-P-D₂-N₃-S

• Jazz: Lydian (no 3rd, dbl. 4th)

1-2-4-#4-5-6-7-8

• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):

0-2-5-6-7-9-11-0

(2–3–1–1–2–2–1)

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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa (+Re)

• Names: Shuddha Sarang, Suddha Sarang, Soodha Sarang

• Transliterations: Hindi (शुद्ध सारंग); Bengali (শুদ্ধ সারঙ্গ)

—Budhaditya Mukherjee (2016)—