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The Music of Hindostan c17.34

The Music of Hindostan c17.34

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c17.34

No less surprising than the presence of intervals which seem to us unvocal is the comparative absence of what we should call vocal intervals—the Thirds, Perfect Fourth and Fifth, and the Sixths. All these occur, but again are limited, as a rule, to leaps which approach a salient note. Such a passage as: