The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c9.42

c9.42

1. The melodies are short, lengthened by repetitions and variations.
2. They all partake of the nature of what by us is called a Rondo, the piece being invariably concluded with the first strain, and sometimes with the first bar, or at least with the first note of that bar.
3. A bar or a measure or a certain number of measures are frequently repeated with slight variations, almost *ad libitum*.
4. There is as much liberty allowed with respect to pauses, which may be lengthened at pleasure, providing the time be not disturbed.