[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) › c4.s1.18 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c4.s1.18 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c4.s1.18 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c4.s1.18) Translation.—Combinations of two or three or four notes, will be only pleasing 'tan's, but no ragas. The ragas must have five six or seven notes. A raga with five notes, is 'odava', one with six is 'shadava' and one with seven is 'sampurna'. - [Previous: c4.s1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c4.s1.17) - [Next: c4.s1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c4.s1.19) - [Up: c4.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c4.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c4.s1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c4.s1.18) · Pramāṇa