The Music of Hindostan c9.s2.42

c9.s2.42

The 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th upper partials are omitted as duplicates. The B is ⅙ tone flat, the F is ¼ tone sharp on notes of the same name which are derived from lower partials, and which therefore in certain connexions have precedence. Human powers of hearing vary a good deal, and still more the power of defining and naming what is heard; so that individuals and tribes may be classified according as their powers extend to the 3rd, 5th, or even 7th upper partial; there is no certain record of powers that have exceeded that. These upper partials are present on all sound-producers; poorest on the tuning fork and flute, richest in the human voice. But they are present in different intensities,¹ and this fact gives its ‘character’ to each sound-producer.