S-G-m-P-d-S
A rare audav raga fabled to have been created by 13th-century qawwali pioneer Amir Khusrau, somewhat resembling ‘Charukeshi minus Re & ni’. As per Rajan Parrikar, “this haunting pentatonic melody is composed of the following swaras: SGmPd: Jitendra Abhisheki gives a superb account with his own composition. Notice the strong ma…[and] the subtle Gm/S meend”.
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—Jitendra Abhisheki (1991)—
[bandish, e.g. 21:33] d, P, (P)dPm, mP, GmG\S, d, 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.
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S-G-m-P-d-S
• Reverse: SGmPdS (=itself)
• Inverse: Ni; SRgGPnNS (=none)
• Imperfect: 3 (Ga, Pa, dha)
• Detached: 2 (Ga, dha)
• Symmetries: mirror (S—M)
• Murchanas: none
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: (~Bhavani)
S-G3-M1-P-D1-S
• Jazz: Dbl. Harmonic (no 2nd/7th)
1-3-4-5-b6-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-4-5-7-8-0
(4–1–2–1–4)
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Zeelaf, Zilaf, Zilafa, Zilapha
—Asad Amanat & Hamid Ali Khan (~2000s)—