Gujari Toḍī

 

Ṭhāṭa : Toḍī

Jāti : ṣāḍav / ṣāḍav

Āroha / avaroha: Sa re ga Ma dha Ni Ṡa / Sa Ni dha Ma da Ma ga re ga re Sa  

Vādī / Samvādī : dha / re

Prahara : 9 am – 12 pm 

Pakaḍa : dha, Ma ga, re, Sa ḍha Ṇi re, Sa (Abhinava Gītanjali)

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Gujari Toḍī is a morning raga belonging to the Toḍī family. Due to its name, some musicologists claim that this raga comes from the state of Gujarat. (Bor et al, p.74) The ascending and descending scale is made of the same svara as his close relative, Miyan Ki Toḍī, with the exception of Pa which is here totally omitted. The melody of Gujari Toḍī unfolds mainly in the medium and high octaves with special attention to the svara dha and re. The calana is somehow similar to that of raga Māravā, although the latter has the ś​uddha versions of Ga and Dha. For this reason, Satishji once told me: "when you play Gujari Toḍī, keep Māravā in front of you". In the rāgamālā, Gujari Toḍī is depicted as a lonely young woman playing the vina. 

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Calana:

Sa re- ḍha Sa, re ga re- Sa, re ga re ga Ma dha, Ma dha Ni dha, Ma dha Ni dha Ṡa | dha Ni Ṡa ṙe - ṙe ġa ṙe  Ṡa, Ṡa Ni dha-, Ma dha Ma ga re-, ga re ga re Sa.

 

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