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Hindu music

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hindu music The music of India is entirely monodic. To Westerners it is the most accessible of all Asian musical cultures. Its tonal system divides the octave into 22 segments called srutis, not all equal but each roughly equal to one quarter of a whole tone of Western music. The basic scales are sa-grama and ma-grama. The more important of these, the sa-grama, closely approximates the C Major scale. Ma-grama, which differs from the sa-grama in only one interval, is said to have disappeared from use about the 16th cent. Other scales are derived fr... Read more
Balinese music
...survival of the pre-Islamic music of Java. It was taken to Bali by Hindu Javanese in the 15th cent...the tonal systems of Javanese music , of which pelog is by far...important in Bali. Balinese music sounds impetuous and noisy, in contrast to the soft, tranquil music heard currently in ... Read more
music
...entries on the music of various nations and peoples, including African music ; Arabian music ; Balinese music ; Chinese music ; Greek music ; Hindu music ; Japanese music ; Javanese music ; and Jewish liturgical music . The technical aspects... Read more

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