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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">Indian music is one of the important microtonal music traditions (along with the [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|arabic/turkish/persian]] tradtition).
<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">Indian music is one of the important microtonal music traditions (along with the [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|arabic/turkish/persian]] tradtition).


The basic element is the shruti (sometimes spelled šruti, sruti or shruthi), which roughly corresponds to a quartertone. There are 22 shrutis per octave; it can be (and has been) be approximated with [[22edo]] - the "traditional" tuning system, however, is unequal.
The basic element is the shruti (sometimes spelled šruti, sruti or shruthi), which roughly corresponds to a quartertone. There are 22 shrutis per octave; it can be (and has been) approximated with [[22edo]] - the "traditional" tuning system, however, is unequal.


An explanation about the shruti system and a traditional derivation of the 22 shrutis:
An explanation about the shruti system and a traditional derivation of the 22 shrutis:
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;Indian&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;Indian music is one of the important microtonal music traditions (along with the &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian"&gt;arabic/turkish/persian&lt;/a&gt; tradtition).&lt;br /&gt;
<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;Indian&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;Indian music is one of the important microtonal music traditions (along with the &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian"&gt;arabic/turkish/persian&lt;/a&gt; tradtition).&lt;br /&gt;
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The basic element is the shruti (sometimes spelled šruti, sruti or shruthi), which roughly corresponds to a quartertone. There are 22 shrutis per octave; it can be (and has been) be approximated with &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/22edo"&gt;22edo&lt;/a&gt; - the &amp;quot;traditional&amp;quot; tuning system, however, is unequal.&lt;br /&gt;
The basic element is the shruti (sometimes spelled šruti, sruti or shruthi), which roughly corresponds to a quartertone. There are 22 shrutis per octave; it can be (and has been) approximated with &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/22edo"&gt;22edo&lt;/a&gt; - the &amp;quot;traditional&amp;quot; tuning system, however, is unequal.&lt;br /&gt;
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An explanation about the shruti system and a traditional derivation of the 22 shrutis:&lt;br /&gt;
An explanation about the shruti system and a traditional derivation of the 22 shrutis:&lt;br /&gt;