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Sruti

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Indian classical music
Carnatic music
Composers
Purandara Dasa
The Trimurti
Tyagaraja
Muthuswami Dikshitar
Syama Sastri
Ootukkadu Venkata Kavi
Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
Mysore Sadashiva Rao
Patnam Subramania Iyer
Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar
Papanasam Sivan
Singers
M.S. Subbulakshmi
Hindustani music
Concepts
Sruti
Raga
Melakarta
Katapayadi sankhya
Swara
Tala
Mudra


A sruti is an interval between two consecutive notes in Indian music. There are 22 srutis in an octave, in traditional Indian musical tuning.

Compare: half step


Princess Sruti was the daughter of King Birendra of Nepal. She died in the royal massacre of June 1, 2001 carried out by her brother Prince Dipendra.

See also: fratricide

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