[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) › c7.20 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c7.20 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c7.20 - **Language:** English ### [c7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c7.20) Those of the first division are styled “Suddha-madhyama,” from the fact that in their construction they employ that note, or the perfect fourth, throughout. Those of the second, for a similar reason, are styled “Prati-madhyama,” and employ the augmented or tritone fourth. In theoretical works the scales are classified in sets or “chacrams” of six; the construction of each chacram, as will be noticed, being very similar. - [Previous: c7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c7.19) - [Next: c7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c7.21) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c7.20) · Pramāṇa