S-R-g-M-P-D-nN-S
A captivating offshoot of Madhuvanti, named ‘Tanseni’ for its use of a Miyan ki Malhar-flavoured double-Ni sangati (although the Nn pairing also appears consecutively in descent). Associated with the Rampur sarangi tradition, most prominently Hamid & Zahid Khan – as per the liner notes to Hamid’s ektal rendition: “it also resembles Multani…it is of Kafi parentage, with accents on Sa & Ma”. Thus far, this LP is the only rendition I can definitively trace (and I’m still not sure when it was released: although given Madhuvanti’s recent origins, first appearing around the 1940s, it could be that the Khans devised their own ‘Tanseni’ variant soon afterwards) – however Bhimsen Joshi appears to have sung some form of ‘Madhuvanti + Malharic nDNS‘ at a 1980 concert in Pune (Kahe Maan Karo). Ripe for resurrection!
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Aroha: SRgMPDNS
Avroh: SNnDPMgRS
Chalan: e.g. SNS; PNS; SNnDP; PNS(M)g; (S)RS; SgMg; Mg(S)RS; S; SgMg; gMP; MPMg; gMPnDP; PNnDP; MP; (g)Mg; (S)RS; SgMP; gMPN; NS; NgRS: RS: PDNS: nDP; SNnDP; MDP; Mg; Mg(S)RS (OoR)
—Bhimsen Joshi (1980)—
[refrain, e.g. 3:04] (M)DP M\g (gR)S M, MPP, (M)DP M\g (R)S M(g), (MPM)DP M\g (gR)S M(g), MP…
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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: (none found)
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–R–g–M–P–D–nN–S
• Reverse: SrRgmMDnS
• Negative: 5-3-1-3
• Imperfect: 3 (Ma, Dha, ni)
• Detached: none
• Symmetries: mirror (Gm—nN)
• Murchanas: Virat Bhairav (on Re)
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: (~Dharmavati)
S-R2-G2-M2-P-D2-N2-N3-S
• Jazz: Lydian b3 (dbl. 7th)
1-2-b3-#4-5-6-b7-7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-2-3-6-7-9-10-11-0
(2–1–3–1–2–1–1–1)
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Tanseni Madhuvanti, Tan Seni Madhowanti
—Hamid Khan (~1980s)—