If "C" scale is SA. then Which of the following scale will be "PA"
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Explanation:
In Hindustani (North Indian) classical music, we divide an octave into 12 notes. We use a movable scale, which means that your octave can start anywhere you like. Your starting point is the tonic (called "sa" and denoted by "S"), and all the other notes are defined in relation to sa. For notation purposes, each of the 12 notes in an octave has a unique identity, given by S, r, R, g, G, m, M, P, d, D, n, N.
Keyboard instruments are not really suited to Indian music because they are equally tempered and have fixed pitches (Indian music is based on pure intonation and uses a lot of gliding between the notes). However, keyboards do make it very easy to explain and visualize music. So here goes. Pick any key on the keyboard as your sa. Then play 12 consecutive keys in ascending order including both blacks and whites to get all the 12 notes in an octave. Here are a couple of illustrations using the keys C and B♭ as sa. (The octave ends at N, but we always complete it by singing the sa of the next octave, and that is why the illustrations show thirteen notes).