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# How is the violin tuned in Indian classical music?

 Updated 19 October 2026

 In Carnatic music the **[violin](/instrument/violin)**'s four strings are tuned to the tonic and the fifth, Pa-Sa-pa-sa. The tonic follows the soloist, so the violinist tunes to the singer or lead player. That tuning suits the violin's main Carnatic role as the melodic accompanist of the voice, whose tone it blends with.



 

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