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# The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c8.16

The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c8.16

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### [c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.16)

By the murchana is meant not only the style, but also the time; it gives the relative values assigned to the different notes, the accentuation, and any peculiarity of expression or tempo essential to the correct execution of the râga, such as can only be learned by actually hearing it performed.

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