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The Music of Hindostan c9.s1.42

The Music of Hindostan c9.s1.42

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c9.s1.42

The A♯ of the *Sa-grāma* and *Ma-grāma* differed from A by the Comma of Didymus ((Major Tone)/(Minor Tone) = 81/80 = 22 Cents). Bharata calls this comma the ‘indicative’ (*pramāṇa śruti*). He uses it for the tuning of the *vīṇā*.