The Music of Hindostan c13.s3.1

Language: English

c13.s3.1

The simplest unity after the solitary beat (āditālaḥ) is, as we saw, dvitīyaḥ (◡ ◡ —, ◡ — ◡, — ◡ ◡). This gives us the three ordinary distributions of the longs and shorts (crotchets and quavers) within the four-unit foot (beat), a certain number of which, generally four, make up the bar (āvard) or section of common time. The name Ādi is used for common time (transferred from the solitary beat). Further development within the beat takes place by resolving any long or short into any one of these feet. Thus:

Previous: c13.s2.106
Next: c13.s3.3
Up: c13.s3