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The Music of Hindostan c20.s5: Scale

The Music of Hindostan c20.s5

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Scale

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18. Alexander J. Ellis, *On the musical scales of various nations*, Journal of the Society of Arts, March 27, 1885, pp. 485-527. The results for India are based on insufficient data, but the article is valuable as a conspectus of scale in general.

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19. Ludwig Riemann, *Über eigentümliche bei Natur- und orientalischen Kulturvölkern vorkommende Tonreihen und ihre Beziehungen zu den Gesetzen der Harmonie*. Essen, 1899. pp. 133. Gives full particulars as to the apparent scales of various instruments found in European museums. pp. 27-41 relate to India.

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20. Krishnaji Ballal Deval, *The Hindu musical scale and the twenty-two shrutees*. Poona, 1910. pp. viii, 49. A careful study of intonation, based on the Sanskrit prescription and the practice of living musicians.

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21. E. Clements, *Introduction to the Study of Indian Music*. London, 1913. pp. ix, 104. See also Nos. 1, 8, 11, 34, 42, 50, 52.