Modal Shift of Tonic

Grahabhedam: The process by which new melas were discovered was the Modal Shift of Tonic. The tonic note or the adhara shadja was shifted from note to note and when the self-same notes of the original shuddha scale were played with the new notes as shadja, different scales resulted. It is common knowledge that when…


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