16 
NOTES ON THE PRINCIPLES 
system, lie has also made it very complicated ; and, after all, 
it will not bear comparison witb ours for simplicity and 
completeness, in sliowing almost at a glance the most intricate 
combinations of time and sound, the shape of the notes deter- 
mining their vahie, and their position on the stave coupled 
with the clef and key signatures denoting- their exact pitch.- 
Hindu melody '' Sankara bharana" 
Siva's Jewel.") 
Title of 
Kaga or 
scale. 
Euglisli 
significa- 
tion. 
Like our 
1st Bar 
1 
1 
* Sankara 
bharana, 
common 
Diatonic 
major 
scale. 
Number of beats, those 
ted marked . 
accen- 
X 
1 2 3 4 5 
6 
7 8 
Pitch or 
Register. 
Pitch. 
X X 
In the 
Tenor 
• ' • 
Tala. 
Time. 
Idi Tala 
8 beats 
in the 
bar 3/4 
1 
11111 
1 
1 1 
J ijllllliinl 
^ ft i JT, ft, JT, ft, ?r,jr,^,?T,?, ^. 
* III this case the title of the melody is the same as that of the scale it 
is derived, from. 
Their scales bear fanciful names, always referring to some of the Hindu 
Gods. 
