Todi (raga)

Arohana Avarohana ==Vadi and Samavadi==

Komal Dha and Komal Ga. Re, ga and dha are intoned slightly low, and ma is very sharp. ==Pakad or Chalan==

The distinctive phrase is r/g-\r\S, where r may be subtly oscillated. Pa is omitted in ascent, but present and often sustained. Kaufmann mentions that some musicians would call Todi with Pa Miyan Ki Todi, but others would see no difference between Todi and Miyan Ki Todi. Sometimes the ascent is performed without Sa, starting from Ni. ==Organization and relationships==

Miyan Ki Todi is similar to Gujari Todi and many movements are common, but in Gujari Todi Pa is omitted and there is more emphasis on Re and Dha. Like Miyan Ki Malhar, Miyan Ki Todi is said to be composed by Tansen, but this seems unlikely as the Todi scale in Tansen's time was the scale of today's Bhairavi and the name Miyan Ki Todi appears first in the 19th century literature. ==Samay (time)==

Todi should be performed in the morning, approximately 8-10AM. In overnight concerts, Todi is performed as early as 4AM. ==Raga==

Todi is nearly always shown as a gentle, beautiful woman, holding a veena and standing in a lovely green forest, surrounded by deer. Kaufman cites the Sangita-Darpana (16th century) : With a fair erect body like the white lotus, and delicate like the gleaming dew drop, Todi holds the vina and provides fun and frolic to the deer deep in the forest. Her body is anointed with saffron and camphor. Rasa in Indian classical music is understood as mood of the raga. Miyan Ki Todi is mostly pervaded by a pensive, mournful mood which is then relieved in the drut (faster tempo) part, by a festive piece, possibly to alleviate the heavy pathos in the earlier stages of rendering, though not always. The composition is such as to afford an artist of high calibre to mould it in either the inherent pensive mood or to entirely present a festive mood. == Film songs ==

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