S-r-g-m-P-dD-n-S
A jod raga primarily associated with (and probably invented by) Ali Akbar Khan. As per the liner notes to his 1978 album rendition with Swapan Chaudhury: “Suha is a time-tested traditional raga, and so is Todi…[however] their combination, though happily feasible, is not commonly heard…[Suha’s] Kanada trend blended with a raga of the morning [Todi] creates a sublime sentiment that captures and emotionally susceptible mind…taans abound in syncopating patterns”. The resulting scale (a murchana of Miyan ki Malhar) appears to have no prakritis, placing Dha in a position of natural prominence as the only shuddha chal and only ‘detached‘ swara – with komal dha barely featuring at all. In more recent years, Kirana vocalist Moumita Mitra has made it part of her repertoire, emphasising the Sa–ga sangati and generally limiting komal re to concluding lines in Todi fashion (“a self-composed drut ektal bandish with lyrics from [Bhatkhande’s] Kramik Pustak Malika Bhairav: Moumadi Moumadi Japat Hu Rain Din“). Not to be confused with Suhani Todi (a rare audav raga) – and also see other Khansaab creations including Chandranandan, Gaurimanjari, Malayalam, and Medhavi.
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[gat, e.g. 14:14] nnPmP, S Sn\P, mP, (m\)g/mrS; nnPmP, S…
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Poorvang: SRGM | SRG | SRM | SGM
Uttarang: PDNS | PDS | PNS | DNS
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• Prakriti: (none found)
Also compare to other members of the Todi and Kanada ragangas
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–r–g–m–P–dD–n–S
• Reverse: SRgGmPDNS
• Complement: SRGMNS
• Imperfect: 2 (Pa, Dha)
• Detached: 1 (Dha)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: Miyan ki Malhar set
• Quirks: ‘maximal‘ (swaras are optimally ‘spread out’)
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: (~Punnagatodi)
S-R1-G2-M1-P-D1-D2-N2-S
• Jazz: Phrygian (dbl. 6th)
1-b2-b3-4-5-b6-6-b7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-1-3-5-7-8-9-10-0
(1–2–2–2–1–1–1–2)
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Suha Todi
• Transliterations: Hindi (सुहा तोडी)
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