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

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A variant of Sohini, named for its insertion of shuddha ma and Pa via phrases from Pancham including MGMGrS; MPGmG; MDMmG [n.b. many other raga names involving ‘Pancham’ indicate the inclusion of the swara position rather than the raga, e.g. ‘Pancham Malkauns‘]. Refer to renditions by Madhup Mudgal and Nisha Nigalye-Parasnis (singing a Pranpriya bandish), as well as a concert by Mahesh Kale which places it in direct conjunction with the ‘regular’ Sohini. The raga’s historical path remains unclear – although, as per Daniel Neuman’s intriguing paper Pedagogy, Practice, & Embodied Creativity in Hindustani Music, Vilayat Hussain Khan recounts that “in earlier days they used to use shuddha ma in Sohini” (read the full tale: “In my quest for the new cheez and new Ustads, I found [Chotte Khan] in Budaun…He was a very old man…That’s where I learned this Pancham Sohini, but he didn’t know the name of the raga. He just told me it was ‘a kind of Sohini’…Vilayat Hussain Khan [said it] was Pancham Sohini”). Prakriti with Lalit Pancham, Shuddha Basant, Bhankari, and Bhatiyar.

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[alap, e.g. 0:08] (S)G, MGr(SN)S, SGMP (PM)P, (MP)GmG, GmP(DP)S (ND)N, N(DSNSr) (SN)S (ND)ND G(mG)P GP, (Gm)G, (S)MG, M(GMG)rS; MGrS…

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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, Shuddha Basant, Lalit Pancham, 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: Sohini Pancham, Sohni Panchama

• Transliterations: Hindi (सोहनी पंचम); Bengali (সোহিণী পঞ্চম)

—Madhup Mudgal (2017)—