Music Dictionary : Western to Indian

Indian equivalents and/or meanings of some common Western musical terms

Flat  Komal
Frequency  Kampan sankhya

Harmony  Swara Samvad

Key Signature The showing of flat and sharp notes on the staff notation.

Melody  Tune
Microtone  Shruti, the smallest musical interval
Monophony  With only one voice.
Musical Interval  Swarantar

Notation  Sargam
Note  Swar

Octave  Saptak (including the upper ‘sa’, making it a ashtak)
Opera  Sangeet natika

Polyphony  With many voices

Rhythm  Theka, Taal

Scale  Saptak, Thaat, Raga.
Sharp  Teevra
Slur  Meend

Timbre  Quality of voice

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