Musical note standardised at 440 Hz, lying in the octave containing notes from C (middle C) to B. The lowest note on most pianos is A, the highest C. The MIDI system for electronic musical instruments and computers uses a straight count starting with note 0 for C at 8.1758 Hz up to note 127 for G at 12,544 Hz. A written note can also have a note value, a code that determines the note's relative duration. In order of halving duration, they are: double note (breve); whole note (semibreve); half note (minim); quarter note (crotchet); eighth note (quaver); sixteenth note (semiquaver).;
Grace note succeeding note; these linked notes are called Kan-swars (= "grace notes"). Kan-swars deal with so called "touch notes". "sparsh" means "touch" in Hindi (Devanagari). These "grace notes" (acciaccatura) are often referred to as sparsh-swars. "Kan-swars" or "sparsh-swars" can be executed vocally and on instruments in three ways: In a book on Sitar compositions, Kan has been defined as 'fast deflection which can be approached while descending or ascending'. The act of Kaṇ being repeated twice, thrice or four times in a single stroke of mizrāb is called Krintan. Grace note A grace note is a kind of music notation denoting