The Music of Hindostan c9.s1.41

c9.s1.41

This is the scale A B C D E F G A, which is open also to the objection of having the Fifth A-E consisting of twelve instead of thirteen *śrutis*. But in an early, i.e. a vocal, scale the Fifth is not nearly so important as the Fourth; and that is perfect (3 + 2 + 4 = 9). We notice also that, though derived here from the *Ma-grāma*, it is a mode of the *Sa-grāma* (and not a distinct *grāma*), and with that we leave it for further discussion in Chapter X.