S-g-m-D-n-S

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Taking the shape of ‘Malkauns shuddha Dha’, Sundarkauns’ swara set has, as per Tanarang, been unjustly sidelined by previous generations, who have tended to interpret it as just a ‘Bageshri-ang Chandrakauns’ (“A misnomer…this raga has neither a shuddha Ni indicating Chandrakauns, nor an avroh like Bageshri”: n.b. see ‘Purana Chandrakauns‘ for this prakriti). The renowned Gwalior vocalist described his revival of this intriguing audav form as “straightforward, and can be expanded freely in all three octaves” – with Abhirang’s rendition highlighting the m-D-S major triad via nyas. Also see Harikauns (the same scale with tivra Ma), as well as other Tanarang-related ragas including Hemshri, Saraswati Kedar, and Jogeshwari Pancham.

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[bandish, e.g. 3:23] S, (n)dnS, Sg, gm, m(ndn) dmP, (P)Gm, Gm\S…

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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.

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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–

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• Core form: S–g–m–D–n–S

• Reverse: SRgPDS (=Shivranjani)

• Negative: 2-1-2-2-1-1-3 (e.g. Puriya Kalyan)

• Imperfect: 2 (Sa, Dha)

• Detached: 1 (Dha)

• Symmetries: none

• Murchanas: none

–Global Translations–

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• Carnatic: ~Shivashakti

S-G₂-M₁-D₂-N₂-S

• Jazz: Dorian (no 2nd/5th)

1-b3-4-6-b7-8

• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):

0-3-5-9-10-0

(3–2–4–1–2)

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• Tanpura: Sa–ma

• Names: Sundarkauns, Sundarkausi, Sunderkauns (n.b. despite being prakriti, ‘Audav Bageshri‘ & ‘Purana Chandrakauns‘ are distinct from Sundarkauns)

• Transliterations: Hindi (सुन्दरकौन्स)

—Sadhana Shiledar (2020)—