[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) › c9.1 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c9.1 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c9.1 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c9.1) In the swara adhyaya of this work again, Bhava Bhatta gives us nothing original on the question of sruti, swara, grama, murchhana, tana, varna, and alankara. He copies almost everything from the Sangeeta Ratnakara. "Alapti", "dhrupada" and "quada" are defined as under. - [Previous: c8.s2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c8.s2.34) - [Next: c9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c9.2) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Saṅgītaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.sangraha.sangitaratnakara) — Śārṅgadeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c9.1) · Pramāṇa