S-R-g-M-P-D-S
A barely-documented modern creation of sitar and surbahar legend Imrat Khan – kindly brought to my attention by his former student Chris Stephens via the Chandrakantha forum: “In regard to the ‘idiosyncratic’ Etawah ragas, here’s a video of [Khan] playing Shivawanti, which he described as a combination of Madhuvanti and Shivranjani. I captured this in 2007 in St. Louis, and it is likely the only recording of this raga…” (UPDATE: a track entitled ‘Solo Sitar’ on Khan’s 2008 album Yoga Music on Sitar and Veena is a studio take of Shivawanti: as confirmed by Stephens, who has since recorded his own gat cover). Seemingly unperformed by anyone else, the raga is prakriti (if Khan’s occasional flashes of komal ni are discounted) with Vijayanagari, a rare Carnatic import – as well as late vocalist Rashid Khan’s recently-created Priyaranjani (a different spin on the same ‘Madhuvanti + Shivranjani’ concept, which prefers slower tempos and shades of shuddha Ni).
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[refrain, e.g. 17:40] R(g)R, S RS, (SD)PDP, S; R(g)R…
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• Prakriti: Vijayanagari
–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–R–g–M–P–D–S
• Reverse: SgmMDnS
• Negative: 2-3-1-3-2-1 (e.g. Malavi)
• Imperfect: 3 (ga, Ma, Dha)
• Detached: 2 (ga, Ma)
• Symmetries: mirror (Gm—nN)
• Murchanas: none
–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Vijayanagari
S-R2-G2-M2-P-D2-S
• Jazz: Lydian b3 (no 7th)
1-2-b3-#4-5-6-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-2-3-6-7-9-0
(2–1–3–1–2–3)
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa
• Names: Shivawanti
• Transliterations: Hindi (शिवावन्ती)
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