The Music of Hindostan c13.s3.112

c13.s3.112

The *āvard* is a constant. In slow time there may be only two *vibhāgs* in it, in quick time there will certainly be four. And this series of four is unbroken, except at the end of the verse or the song, that is, where the singer breaks off temporarily or altogether. We can see why this must be so. Suppose the song is in *Rūpak* (♩ ♩ | ♩ ♩ |, &c.). Unless there were some accepted number of *vibhāgs* to the *āvard* it would be impossible to know that the music was not in the larger *āvard* (i. e. in fewer *vibhāgs*) of *Tevra* (♩. ♩ ♩ | ♩. ♩ ♩ |, &c.) or of *Jhampa* (♩ ♩. ♩ ♩. | ♩ ♩. ♩ ♩. |, &c.).