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Murchanakāraka Mēlas in Indian Music by Arnaud Didierjean is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses Murchanakāraka mēlas, which are mēlas that can generate new scales through the process of Grahabhēda or modal shift of the tonic. It provides examples of taking different notes as the tonic of existing mēlas like Sankarābharanam to derive new mēlas. Of the 72 recognized mēlas, 56 are identified as Murchanakāraka mēlas that can generate new scales this way, while the remaining 16 are Amurchanakāraka mēlas or sterile mēlas that do not result in satisfactory new mēlas no matter which
- Author
- Arnaud Didierjean
- Language
- EN