The Music of Hindostan c10.12

c10.12

I is a pentatonic ‘Dor-aeolian’ on D. II and III are only slightly veiled pentatonics, but two important changes have taken place. In II the notes of the scale have not been altered, but, by the rhythmical stress which is thrown upon it, G has become the tonic, and the mode is now a *Mixolydian on G*. In III, though the rhythmic points are not quite the same as in I yet they are not vitally different; but the addition of an F♯ implies a change of scale, which is now a *Mixolydian on D*.²