Sruti Sruti

Sruti - Definition and Overview

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

For information on Princess Sruti of Nepal see Princess Shruti.

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

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