Patdeep
पतदीप
.N S g M P N S' | S' N D P M g R S .N S
Origins & Context
Raag Patdeep is a Kafi thaat raga of Hindustani music, performed in the afternoon, that uses komal Ga and shuddha Ni with the other notes shuddha, and leaves out Re and Dha going up. Komal means lowered, shuddha natural, and a thaat is a parent scale. It is also written Patdip.
In this notation, lowercase g is komal Ga. A leading dot marks the lower octave and an apostrophe the upper. One teaching outline gives the aroha, or ascent, as .N S g M P N S'. Its avaroha, or descent, is S' N D P M g R S .N S. The vadi, the most prominent note, is Pa. Its partner, the samvadi, is Sa.
The outline describes Patdeep as Bhimpalasi with shuddha Ni, and with Pa as vadi in place of Ma. The AUTRIM project of the National Centre for the Performing Arts and the University of Amsterdam also finds the two close, and hears shuddha Ni as a dominant note on which many phrases begin and end.
KalaSudha presents Hindustani musicians in concert and releases their recordings. Its academy teaches ragas online and in local workshops, and each course is built by its instructor with KalaSudha.
Technical Details
Melodic structure and movement patterns
Aroha (Ascent)
.N S g M P N S'
Avroh (Descent)
S' N D P M g R S .N S
Pakad (Catch Phrase)
g M P N S' D P, M g M P N N N S', D P M g M P, P g M, g R S .N .N S
Tanpura Tuning
P - S - S - .S
Additional Notes
Phraseologies
Key for these phrases: lowercase g is komal Ga, a leading dot marks the lower octave and an apostrophe the upper.
One teaching outline makes Ni prominent going up and links Pa with Ga. Coming down, it sometimes skips Ni from the upper Sa, as in S' D P, and touches Re with a grace from Sa on the way down. Alaps and taans often start on the lower Ni. The AUTRIM project hears an oscillation on Ga, with M P g as a typical phrase, and Pa as a resting point.
Common Phrases
Around the World
Global connections and equivalent scales
With Sa on C, Patdeep uses C, D, E flat, F, G, A and B. George Howlett gives the melodic minor scale as its jazz translation, and Carnatic Gourimanohari as its counterpart.