The Music of Hindostan c17.26

Language: English

c17.26

The B♮ has here a melodic appropriateness after the A♭ which the harmony immediately seizes upon and justifies; the harmony by itself (on double basses and drum) forms but a weak link. In Indian melodies the augmented second occurs also when the note between is transilient, that is to say, omitted not merely on that occasion but as a regular thing. The following instance in Sohani:

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