[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative) › c2.89 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c2.89 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c2.89 - **Language:** English ### [c2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c2.89) It will be readily conceded, I suppose that the process so elaborately described by Bharata will be possible only if the Sruti interval remained the same all through the octave. According to Bharata then, the sruti was a real unit of measurement in determining the ratio between the several Swaras. In other words, the ratio of the first to the second sruti was equal to the ratio between any two consecutive srutis. There are twenty two srutis in all and if we take the starting point to be the sruti of 'ni' in the lower octave, and as equal to 1, then the twenty-second sruti, that is of the higher 'ni' would be 2. There being twenty-two equal intervals between the higher and the lower 'ni' each interval would be equal to the twenty-second root of 2. - [Previous: c2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c2.88) - [Next: c2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c2.90) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c2.89) · Pramāṇa