The Music of Hindostan c17.104

c17.104

The *amśa* need not, and frequently does not, occur in a melody any oftener than other notes; nor indeed need any of the other salient notes. But their presence is felt in the appoggiatura, which they render possible. It is difficult to imagine any system of music which did not give an important place to this the most emotional element of tune; the Chinese tunes seem, indeed, to show small trace of it; but we have not yet, perhaps, very trustworthy records of them. The Hindu tune to be quoted presently shows half a dozen instances of appoggiatura, and the poignancy of