Scale of hindustani music

Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Hindustani music is based on “Just Intonation”
If we assume “Sa” as base note then the relative proportionate for the other notes will be

Note Name
Ratio
Ratio In Decimal
Sa
1
1
Komal Re
16/15
1.06
Re
9/8
1.13
Komal Ga
6/5
1.2
Ga
5/4
1.25
Ma
4/3
1.33
Ma Tivra
45/32
1.41
Pa
3/2
1.5
Komal Dha
8/5
1.6
Dha
5/3
1.67
Komal Ni
9/5
1.8
Ni
15/8
1.88
Sa(Next Octave)
2
2

We will use this to determine the frequency of the other notes

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