[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) › c8.17 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c8.17 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c8.17 - **Language:** English ### [c8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.17) In a musician's kattika, or scale book, the ascending and descending modes alone of a râga are given, no directions as to the value of the notes, &c., being assigned; indeed, often the scale itself is not given. - [Previous: c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.16) - [Next: c8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.18) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.17) · Pramāṇa