The Music of Hindostan c15.s1.186

c15.s1.186

² He is contrasting (*Harm.*, ch. 10) the continuous (*synechē*) motion of the speaking voice and the motion-by-interval (*diastēmatikēn*) of the singing voice, and says, ‘In speaking we avoid bringing the voice to a standstill (i.e. a pure note) unless we force it to that in moments of feeling. But in singing we do the opposite; we avoid continuous motion, and aim at making the voice, as far as possible, stationary’—i.e. we sing our notes not ‘graced’ but ‘clean’.