[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) › c5.57 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c5.57 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c5.57 - **Language:** English ### [c5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.57) These slokas mention various ways of producing Ragas in a Mela of given Swaras. The practical importance of the murchhana in the actual singing of a Raga will be more clearly understood if we examine one or two raga definitions of Srinivas. But before we do it, it will be useful to know how a raga was sung in the time of the author. The author says — - [Previous: c5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.56) - [Next: c5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.58) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.57) · Pramāṇa