[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) › c5.66 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c5.66 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c5.66 - **Language:** English ### [c5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.66) Then comes the third portion of the 'alapa' called 'sanchari', and last comes the 'muktayi'. This shows that in singing a raga practically the murchhana was nothing more than the first member of the Raga alapa. We shall take another example. - [Previous: c5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.65) - [Next: c5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.67) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.66) · Pramāṇa