The Music of Hindostan c15.s1.52

c15.s1.52

An example of the chant as sung by a *Sāmagaḥ* in Madras shows the general musical effect. The breve at the beginning shows the actual pitch of the first note (a Fifth higher); the chant itself is given at the pitch which suits the scale just discussed. The fragmentary syllables are merely phonetic spellings of the apparent sounds of the phonograph, with gaps where the words are inaudible. It was extremely difficult to get even this short specimen.