The Music of Hindostan c17.154

c17.154

The tune has 16 bars; 5+5 in the astai, and 6 in the antara. There is thus a suggestion of cross-metre (4 time and 5 time) in the general plan. The astai ascends to a climax for three bars and descends for two (twice over); the antara does the same for three and three bars, enlarging the intervals for its downward sweep from the second (higher) climax. The amśa of Kānaḍā is E♭, with consonant note B♭ above and below; and at these places the most conspicuous figure (marked ‿‿) is introduced. The astai is concerned only with the lower tetrachord, the antara (until the final cadence) only with the upper, according to rule. Kānaḍā is one of the Rāgs with a queer intonation (see App. II); but though that makes it more difficult (and more beautiful) it does not affect the question of structure: