The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c8.40

c8.40

Like the alâpa, the madhyamakâla consists of an extension according to the proper rules of the râga; in fact, a development of thânas, explained elsewhere, reduced to a definite measure. The periods are usually shorter, and the rhythm regular throughout. The original subject is imitated and varied, as the performer's fancy may dictate, in the same râga. The whole construction of this movement is symmetrical.