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CONTENTS

Chap.		page
I.	Introduction	1
II.	Legend and History	7
III.	The Development of the Scale	25
IV.	Rãga, the Basis of Melody	39
V.	Tãla, or time measures	71
VI.	Musical Compositions	83
VII.	The Musical Instruments of India	98
VIII.	Indian and Western Music	125
Appendices
I.	Bibliography of Indian Music	137
II.	Glossary of Indian Musical Terms	142
III.	Examples of Indian Music	151
Indices		169
ILLUSTRATIONS
1.	Picture of Megh rāga	Frontispiece
2.	Picture of Kedāra rāga	Facing 69
3.	Seshanna, a celebrated vīnā player of Mysore	„  88
4.	Kālakshepa party. Parayas with horns and drums	„  89
5.	Stringed instruments—northern. Some ancient instruments	„  98
6.	Playing various stringed instruments	„  99
7.	Stringed instruments	„  104
8.	Some uncommon instruments	„  105
9.	A Sāraṅgī player	„  108
10.	Ancient and modern instruments	„  109
11.	Some wind instruments	„  118
12.	Group of drums. Bastran	„  119