S-R-g-m-P-D-nN-S
A Kafi ally with corresponding light-classical popularity, marked out by the explicit use of double-Ni and the frequent omission of ga in aroha. Described by Tanarang as “a light flittering melody…best suited for thumri, tappa, and hori” (evident in an intriguing violin take by Allauddin Khan: later reworked by Ravi Shankar, and also by Mehdi Hasan in a celebrated ghazal) – while Parrikar notes that “the approach to Sa takes two pathways: one drops Ni as in mPDS, the other adopts the shuddha Ni-laden strip mPN, NS. The ga becomes deergha on occasion…[and] a judicious elongation of Dha can be put to good effect” (which, along with a mgRS resolution, can suggest shades of Bageshri). The raga’s roots (presumably linked to Pakistan’s Sindh province) are ancient, with the ancestral ‘Saindhavi’ finding mention in Sarngadeva’s 13th-century Sangita Ratnakara (‘Ocean of Music and Dance’) as a ‘desi’ form. And check out an astonishing 1930s violin rendition by Allauddin Khan.
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—Ravi Shankar (1991)—
[refrain, e.g. 8:35] R(mgm)R, SS, m\R(mR), mm, PDP(D)S, S, n/R(S) S(nSD), DD DPm, mPD m\g(m) R(mgm)RS, mR(mR), mm, PP DP(D)S…
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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.
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-nN-S
• Reverse: SrRgmPDnS (=none)
• Inverse: dha; SmdnS (=none)
• Imperfect: 2 (Dha, Ni)
• Detached: 1 (Ni)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: Suha Todi (on Re)
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: Salagabhairavi
S-R2-G2-M1-P-D2-N2-N3-S
• Jazz: Dorian double 7th
1-2-b3-4-5-6-b7-7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-2-3-5-7-9-10-11-0
(2–1–2–2–2–1–1–1)
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Sindhura, Saindhavi, Singhora
—Sayeduddin Dagar (2016)—