The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c8.59

c8.59

In the extension of some râgas a note, either above or below a particular note of the text, may be employed, although itself not an essential part of the râga. If this is done the performer will invariably take the preceding note of the text *again* before he plays that following. For example, the text may show “dha sa” (i.e., “ni” omitted). If “ni” is employed, “dha” is repeated immediately before “sa,” as “dha, ni, dha, sa,” and not “dha, ni, sa.”