The Music of Hindostan c17.29

c17.29

consists almost entirely of conjunct motion. The G is transilient, and the F♯ optionally F♮. (This is the Poona form; elsewhere the A♭ is also A♮. Cp. Ex. 264.) It contains therefore, as conjunct intervals, one diminished Third (F♯–A♭) and two augmented Seconds (D♭–E and A♭–B); there is also a disjunct interval, the diminished Third, B–D♭. The *amśa* is E, the consonant B, and the melody swings between these two, making a pause on or otherwise emphasizing the tonic, C, on occasion. Hindus have said to me more than once that they like Wagner best of our music, and one sees perhaps in these two melodies a point of contact.