A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c4.s1.10

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Observation — The process is the same as described in the Koutuka. It is this process which distinguishes the northern music system from the southern. In the southern system the shuddha swara is the lowest position of the note and the vikritas are its higher positions. In the northern system, we have the vikritas on both sides of the shuddha note. In other words the shuddha note occupies the central position.