Double whole note Double whole note In music, a double whole note (American), breve (international), or double note (; ) is a note lasting two times as long as a whole note (or "semibreve"). It is the second-longest note value still in use in modern music notation (; ). In medieval mensural notation, the "brevis" was one of the shortest note lengths in use —hence its name, which is the Latin etymon of "brief". In "perfect" rhythmic mode, the brevis was a third of a "longa", or in "imperfect" mode, half a "longa" . In modern notation, a breve is commonly represented in
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