[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) › c9.34 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c9.34 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c9.34 - **Language:** English ### [c9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c9.34) Mr. J. A. Kappey, in his collection of “ Songs of Eastern Europe,”⁵ draws attention to the characteristics of Turkish songs, and to the fact that they employ a scale having a minor third with an augmented fourth, and a minor sixth with a major seventh. A comparison of the examples he gives with songs of India will be of great interest; and the similarity of both melody and rhythm is striking. One of the songs quoted—a song of sorrow by Nihad Bey—might be from India; it appears to be written in much the same form, and it is also to be noticed that it employs a mixed time of 3/8 and 2/4, precisely the Indian Triputa Tâla, already noticed. - [Previous: c9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c9.33) - [Next: c9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c9.35) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c9.34) · Pramāṇa