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Compiling global examples of music in the Shivranjani Scale
1-2-b3-5-6
(C-D-Eb-G-A-C)
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Features, classifiers, quirks, etc…
[analysis: coming soon]
—Classifiers & Quirks—
- Modes: Insen (from ♮2)
- Quirks: Hemitonic (imperfect: b3, ♮6; detached: b3)
- Names: Dorian Pentatonic, Dorian no4/7, Major Pentatonic b3 (Western); Shivranjani (Hindustani/Carnatic)
n.b. For more detailed geometric and mathematical analysis, refer to this scale’s entry in Ian Ring’s fantastic Exciting Universe of Music Theory project (for which I am an occasional ‘raga consultant’)
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