The Music of Hindostan c9.s1.23
The Music of Hindostan c9.s1.23
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c9.s1.23
Indian theory is indicating the relative sizes of the major Tone (4), the minor Tone (3), and the Semitone (2) with accuracy sufficient for its purpose. Complete accuracy would demand 4·08, 3·64, and 2.24 respectively.¹ The *Ma-grāma* is formed from this by the interchange of the *śruti*-values of Pa and Dha; ‘Dha takes one *śruti* from Pa’—thus: