The Music of Hindostan c10.118

c10.118

But when there are no chords at all in question the substantive nature of the delayed note has to be established in some other way. In Indian, as no doubt in ancient Greek and probably (see Chapter VI) in the ecclesiastical melodies, this is done by the Predominant (*aṃśa*, *mesē*, reciting note); notes receive the force of appoggiaturas as they delay this. Thus, in the melody with which we are dealing, D being Predominant and G its consonant (both established by long association) and C the drone (generally expressed), we have appoggiaturas (*b*)