[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891) › c7.109 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c7.109 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c7.109 - **Language:** English ### [c7.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c7.109) Music is not, as with us, divided by bars of equal duration. Divisions styled Gitalu are in use, and are signified thus | or —; they can be placed anywhere, at the composer's discretion, and denote parts or phrases so to speak. - [Previous: c7.108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c7.108) - [Next: c7.110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c7.110) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c7.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c7.109) · Pramāṇa