The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c7.108

c7.108

Instruments such as the vina, &c., have, however, a compass of nearly four octaves. In order to signify the octave in which a note is to be played, a dot or dots are usually placed above or below it. There is no definite rule for this; each musician or writer upon music apparently advocates some method of his own.