| Swars | S, r, R, g, G, m, M, P, d, d, n, N - Komal swars in LowerCase | m -Shuddha Madhyam, M- Teevra madhyam |
| Saptak / Octave | Dot(.) for lower and Single Quote(') for higher | n. - Komal Ni in lower octave, S' - Sa higher octave |
| Grace Note | Ends with underscore(_) | N._M - Shuddha Ni -lower octave is grace note to Teevra Madhyam, higher octave |
| Swar separator | Comma(,) | S, r, g, m |
| Meend/Portamento | Tilde(~) | P~R - single beat meend from Pa to Re, P~, M, ~R - spanning 3 beats, and resting on M in between |
| Andolan | Colon(:) | m:g - Like a meend which does ma, ga, ma, ga, m:, :, :g - spanning 3 beats |
| Silence | Dash(-) | m, -, R - silence between ma & Re |
| Extend Last Note | Equals(=) | m, =, R - ma spanning 2 beats |
