[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) › c5.7 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c5.7 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c5.7 - **Language:** English ### [c5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.7) Translation. When a note rises one sruti, it becomes tivra; when it rises two Srutis, it becomes tivra-tara; when it goes up three Srutis, it is called tivra-tama, and when it goes up four Srutis, it is called Ati-tivra-tama. When a note goes back (is lowered by one sruti) it becomes komala. When it is lowered two srutis, it becomes 'purva'. - [Previous: c5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.6) - [Next: c5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.8) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.7) · Pramāṇa