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bobthebuilder

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on: Jul 25, 2018

Ancient Indian texts originally divided the octave into 22 ________, but musicians today
  only use ________ pitches per octave.


 
  Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Question 2

In South India, a theorist named Venkatamakhi enumerated all of the possible 7-note
  scales into the ________ system.


 
  Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Bigfoot1984

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Reply #1 on: Jul 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: stuti, 12

Answer to Question 2

ANS: melakarta


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