S-R-g-m-P-D-nN-S
An afternoon raga of the Kanada family, Sughrai shares significant historic and melodic overlap with Suha (the two are sometimes fused as ‘Suha-Sughrai’). Shuddha Dha is optional, and Pa is a prominent nyas, set amidst other ideas drawn from Adana and Brindabani Sarang. Rajan Parrikar, who offers a definitive phrase of nnP, mRS, Rmg, recommends bandish by Bhatkhande, Pranpriya and Rasrang (the latter of which includes “free-wheeling linear sorties of NSRmP, NSRS, NPmRSRg”). Also see the related Nayaki Kanada, as well as the numerous prakritis listed below.
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Aroha: SRmgm, PNS
Avroh: SnDnP, mP, gmRS
Chalan: e.g. SRS; nSRg; mPg; m; RRgm; D; Pg; mRS; mPNS; NS; gmRS; PNSRS; nDnP; nnPmP; Pg; mRS (OoR)
—Arun Kashalkar (2016)—
[refrain, e.g. 0:59] P/S(SP) (P)nP P, P(nPn) PmP, Pm(g) mgm, (mgm)n PP P(m) (m)nP P, P(nPn) PmP, Pm(g) m(g), (g)m RSR(gS) S, nSR m(g) mg m(gm)RP, m(Pm)n PP, P/S(SP) (P)nP P…
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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.
• Prakriti: Miyan ki Malhar, Ahiri Todi, Bageshri Bahar, Bahar, Barwa, Hussaini Todi, Lanka Dahan Sarang, Sindhura
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–R–g–m–P–D–nN–S
• Reverse: SrRgmPDnS
• Negative: 5-3-2-2
• Imperfect: 2 (Dha, Ni)
• Detached: 1 (Ni)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: Miyan ki Malhar set
• Quirks: ‘maximal‘ (swaras are optimally ‘spread out’)
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: (~Kapi/Kannada)
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: Sughrai, Sugharai, Sugharyee, Sugrai Kanada
—Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar (2020)—