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Indian music is one of the major microtonal traditions of the world (along with the [[Arabic,_Turkish,_Persian|Middle Eastern]] family of traditions). | Indian music is one of the major microtonal traditions of the world (along with the [[Arabic,_Turkish,_Persian|Middle Eastern]] family of traditions). | ||
The unit of measurement in the Indian system is the '''shruti''' (sometimes spelled | The unit of measurement in the Indian system is the '''shruti''' (sometimes spelled śruti, sruti or shruthi), which corresponds roughly to a quarter-tone. There are 22 shrutis per octave, 13 per fifth and 9 per fourth. A size of 4 shruti for the major whole tone follows from that. The step sizes of the heptatonic scales ([[shadja_grama|shadja grama]], [[madhyama_grama|madhyama grama]]) are given as sequences of 4, 3, and 2 shruti. | ||
There is no single standardized non-ambiguous definition of the exact sizes of all shruti intervals. | There is no single standardized non-ambiguous definition of the exact sizes of all shruti intervals. | ||