A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c4.s1.45

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Observation — In the vina wire of thirty-six inches, therefore, the maddhyama of the middle octave will be at a distance of nine inches from the meru, and twenty-seven inches from the lower bridge or ghodi The shuddha gandhara will stand exactly between 'sa' and 'pa', that is to say, it will be six inches from the meru and thirty-inches from the ghodi If the distance between 'sa' and 'pa', (which is twelve inches) be divided into three parts, the shuddha risbabha will be at the end of the first part It will, therefore, be four inches distant from the meru and thirty-two inches from the "ghodi"