Introduction of IMSOC Notation System

Dr. Ibrahim Ali

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The author has formed a new modified notation system, which is applied in presenting the notations of bandishes and swara phrases in this website. This notation system is a modification to prevalent notation system in North Indian classical music to make it suitable for international readers and also to make it compatible for generally used Microsoft Office Program with normally available fonts and formatting tools. So, this innovation can be called IMSOC Notation System [Ibrahim’s Microsoft Office compatible Notation System]. The following detail of IMSOC Notation System will be helpful to introduce its rules and to make the presented Notations easily understandable.

Function	Method	Example
*shudha swaras* of *madhya saptak*	small letters [single character]	for *sa, re, ga, ma, pa, dha* and ni, respectively s, r, g, m, p, d and n
*vikrit swara*	for *komal re, ga, dha, ni* and also for tivra ma, initial letters with underline	*komal: r, g, d, n tivra*: m
**kan swara**	super script *kan swara* on the left side of main *swara*	^sr ^rg ^gm ^mp
*mandra saptak*	bold letters	n, d, p, m, g, r, s
*taar saptak*	capital letters	S, R, G, M, P, D, N
**vikrit swara in mandra or taar saptaks**	underlined bold letters or underlined capital letters respectively	*komal mandra ni: n komal re* of *tar saptak*: R
*khatka* [stress by touching the upper and lower *swaras*]	the *swar*a Inside []	[S]
*meend*	included *Swaras* inside ()	(d m)
insertion of more than 1 swara or syllable of words, in a *matra*	In side ‘ ’	swara: ‘gm’ word: ‘rama’
extending duration of *swara* or syllable to next *matra* or unit	‘-’ in the cell of *swara* or word	swara: p - g m words: jaa - vo re
*vibhag* or *tal*-division	visible vertical border of the column	\|
*sama, tali* and *khali*	X, number of *tali* and 0 respectively	*trital*s X 2 0 3

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