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Todi (raga)

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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
524:. Carnatic Todi does not have any similarity with Hindustani Todi (Miyan ki Todi) raga. Though the Swarasthana orders of Carnatic Thodi are similar to Hindustani Bhairavi thaat, but when the Carnatic Todi is sung it has no similarity with Hindustani Todi, Bhairavi, or Carnatic Sindhu Bhairavi. 869:
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Todi should be performed in the morning, approximately 8-10AM. In overnight concerts, Todi is performed as early as 4AM.
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and the name Miyan Ki Todi appears first in the 19th century literature.
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The distinctive phrase is r/g-\r\S, where r may be subtly oscillated.
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Sometimes the ascent is performed without Sa, starting from Ni.
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Pa is omitted and there is more emphasis on Re and Dha.
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Index

raga
Hanumatodi

Thaat
Todi
Arohana
Avarohana
Vadi
Samavadi
Shubhapantuvarali
Gujari Todi

Nainsukh
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Play
IAST
Hindustani classical
raga
Todi
thaat
classical music
Bhatkhande
Bilaskhani Todi
Gujari Todi
Desi Todi
Komal Rishabh Asavari
Carnatic music
Shubhapantuvarali
pancham

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