Arohana Avarohana Komal Dha and Komal Ga. Re, ga and dha are intoned slightly low, and tivra ma is very sharp.

Like Miyan Ki Malhar Miyan Ki Todi is said to be composed by Tansen, but this seems unlikely as the Todi scale in Tansen's time was the scale of today's Bhairavi and the name Miyan Ki Todi appears first in the 19th century literature.

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 Sangita-Darpana (16th century) 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.