[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Music of Hindostan](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foxstrangways-1914) › c15.78 # The Music of Hindostan c15.78 The Music of Hindostan c15.78 - **Language:** English ### [c15.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foxstrangways-1914.c15.78) There is another interest attaching to the word \*kruṣṭa\*, ‘highest.’ It shows us, as do also the ordinals \*prathama\*, \*caturtha\*, that the Hindus regarded the treble as high and the bass as low; as we do, and as the Greeks, who named the lowest note \*hypatē\* (highest), did not. This reminds us that high and low in music are merely a metaphor, though a very natural one. In a somewhat similar way Europeans regard the harmony of a song as ‘underneath’ the - [Previous: c15.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foxstrangways-1914.c15.77) - [Next: c15.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foxstrangways-1914.c15.s1.1) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foxstrangways-1914.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foxstrangways-1914.c15.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foxstrangways-1914.c15.78) · Pramāṇa