[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) › c8.2 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c8.2 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c8.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.2) A S râga constitutes what may be called the very foundation of Indian music, it merits a chapter to itself. The term râga may be best explained as “melody type,” since it is a melodic extension of certain notes of a particular scale or mode (thât), according to certain fixed rules called the murchana.¹ - [Previous: c8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.1) - [Next: c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.3) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c8.2) · Pramāṇa