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Raag Sundarkauns
Sundarkauns is a Kafi-thaat raag, given its full colour in the 2nd prahar of the night. It uses five swaras on the way up and five coming down. Phrases centre on Madhyam - the vadi, or king swara - answered by Shadj as samvadi.
Swars: Rishabh and Pancham Varjya. Gandhar and Nishad Komal. Rest all Shuddha Swaras.
Raga Sundarkauns
2nd Prahar of the Night (9PM to 12AM)Kafi thaatAudhav - AudhavVadi: MadhyamSamvadi: Shadj
SgmDnṠ
ṠnDmgmgSʼnS
Pakad: ʼn ʼn ʼD · ʼD ʼn S · g m g S · g m D · n D · m D n Ṡ · Ṡ D n D m g S
Sargam is written with Sa on C: komal swars are lowercase, teevra Ma is M̄, ʼ before a swar marks the lower (mandra) octave and Ṡ / ʼ after marks the upper (taar) octave. The synth plays plain notes - the gamak, meend, and andolan that bring a raag to life are what you learn in class with an expert.