Talk:Śruti (music)
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[edit] Smallest
Concerning sruti:
as a student of hindustani classical music, to be more specific: of Dagarvani Dhrupad, I would like to comment on the remarks made under the entry 'sruti':
Many differing vieuws are put forward by dissenting scholars, however, the interpretation that makes a lot of sense to me is to read sruti as: "smallest audible difference in intonation" I make a point about me studying Dhrupad as it is one of the most subtle and demanding schools within Hindustani musical culture in which ragas and svaras are most carefully discerned. martin spaink
[edit] Errors on sruti page?
It doesn't seem to me the information on this page can be correct, or in some cases even make sense. Theoreticians are still dividing the octave into srutis, though there is a broad latitude on how these should be defined. However, there seem to be some consistent features; the scale 9/8-5/4-4/3-3/2-27/16-15/8-2 generally is said to be a part of the system, with 9/8 being given 4 srutis, 10/9 3, and 16/15 2.
Another claim is that a sruti represents the smallest audible difference. This is factually incorrect; our hearing resolution easily detects smaller differences.
Gene Ward Smith 22:45, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
- Hi Gene, the srutis have been around at least 2500 years, probably 3000 or more. sru is the Sanskrit root 'to hear'. It really DOES mean smallest difference that can be heard, and has meant that for some time. It's irrelevant that technically someone can hear smaller differences. This was the smallest difference that was heard on some instrument many millenia ago. - XJ
[edit] Sruti or Shruti??
Should it be spelled as Shruti or Sruti? Maybe is is spelled both ways depending on which language one speaks. If that is the case, then both the spellings should be highlighted.
- Both spellings are acceptable. - XJ
