Ajay Nerurkar ....
"naniwadekar wrote:
In the 'kaunsspeak' clip, Jha Sahab says that there is no other raag
this big in currency,
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Jhasaab's point was that in Malkauns every swar is equally important and is related to every other swar, and this is what distinguishes it from the
other big enchiladas of HCM. He was not making an absolute comparison of the three raags in question in any way; that would be a wholly futile exercise. His other insight was that Malkauns has something to offer both the novice and the veteran. Its pentatonic scale and straightforward movement mean it can be easily conjured up by the tyro, but it also has a profundity that can be plumbed only by the experienced musician.
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In the same vein , from Parrikars site :
" The signal characteristic of Malkauns concerns its nyasa locations: each one of its swaras is considered apposite for nyasa. No other raga has this attribute. The implication being, you cannot go wrong in Malkauns. With five locations available for
nyasa, the vistar area extends far and wide, overcoming the limitations of a restricted tonal space inherent to p