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# The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.42

The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.42

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### [c6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.42)

| The difference between | Proportion of the intervals between each note and the note above it. | What they ought to be if the scale was divided into 22 parts, or the whole string into 44. | What they are as stated by the Hindus. | The difference between | Proportion of the intervals between each note and the note above it. | What they ought to be if the scale was divided into 22 parts, or the whole string into 44. | What they are as stated by the Hindus. |  
| I & 8/9 | 1/9 | 4 8/9 | 4 | I & 8/9 | 1/9 | 4 8/9 | 4 |  
| 8/9 & ⅘ | 4/45 | 3 4/9 | 3 | 8/9 & ⅚ | 1/18 | 2 4/9 | 2 |  
| ⅘ & ¾ | 1/20 | 2⅕ | 2 | ⅚ & ¾ | 1/12 | 3⅔ | 3 |  
| ¾ & ⅔ | 1/12 | 3⅔ | 4 | ¾ & ⅔ | 1/12 | 3⅔ | 4 |  
| ⅔ & ⅗ | 1/15 | 2 14/15 | 3 | ⅔ & ⅝ | 1/24 | 1⅚ | 2 |  
| ⅗ & 8/15 | 5/75 | 2⅕ | 4 | ⅝ & 5/9 | 5/72 | 3⅛ | 4 |  
| 8/15 & ½ | 1/30 | 1 7/15 | 2 | 5/9 & ½ | 1/18 | 2 4/9 | 3 |

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