The Fundamental frequency relation of the sapta svaras of karnatic vocal music

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to determine the fundamental frequency relation between the svaras of Karnatic vocal music. The review of literature on musical acoustics reveals that this relation has been studied only in instruments and not in human voice. The present study aims at calculating this relation and also studying the effect of the vocal register and the drone note on this ratio. For this purpose the fundamental frequency of the seven notes and its varieties were calculated.