The Music of Hindostan c16.6

c16.6

| S. INDIA. | N. INDIA. |
| 1. Pallavi, ‘germ’, ‘sprout’. First subject, focussed on the amśa. | 1. Astai or Sthāyi, ‘at home’. |
| 2. Anupallavi, ‘after-germ’. Second subject, focussed on the ‘consonant’, generally the upper consonant. | 2. Antara, ‘interval’, meaning perhaps change of voice-register. |
| 3. Caraṇam, ‘moving about’. Phrases taken from the Pallavi and Anupallavi to which the extra stanzas, if any, are sung. | 3. Sancāri, ‘alternation’; our ‘development’. |
| 4. Return to the Pallavi and close on the tonic (śruti) or Fifth above. | 4. Return to the Astai, and close with the first note or phrase of the song, and for choice on the tonic (kharaj) or amśa. This return is sometimes called Ābhōg, ‘coda’. |