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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS.
77
The notes of the Sāmavāda and the corresponding notes of the Hindu music are identical with the notes of the English music as shown below :
1 -- 2 -- 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 Sāmavēda. H - JT - F - Ħ - St-fa9 Hindu music. fcd a b & English music.
From the way in which the hymns of the Sáma are sung, it appears clearly that e is flat. As far as I can ascertain, 6 is also flat. The methods of singing the Sāmavēda are different in different countries, and none of them agree with the figures which are uniformly inserted over the vowels to indicate the notes with which they are to be sung. There is a uniformity in the use of these symbols of notes in all the countries; and this method of notation has been handed down to us from a remote period.
To give a musical idea of the chanting of the Sāmavēda, as it ought to be, I give here tue first hymn 343 34TTIỀ in the Vēdio and musical notations.
ओ ना इ । आ या ही इ वो इ तो या
आ इ । तो या
आ इ ।
सा सा स । गा गा ग रि मा म मा मा गा ग। मा मा गा ग
ccceeed f f f f e e
ffee
गृ णा नो ह । व्य दा तो या आ इ । तो या आ इ । नाइ
मा
म गा ग। ग मा मा मा गा ग । मा मा गा ग । मा म
£ fe e e f f fe effe e f f
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