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The set of seven notes are called the saptaswara (sapta means “seven” and swara means “sounds”) Music is a combination of melody and Rhythm. So the rhythm aspect of music is kept in the background. A note stands for a single pitch or a single uniform sound associated with a particular frequency. Any melody consists of a sequence of notes.

“Doe a deer” in the movie “sound of music”. If you have, you’ll remember her singing “Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do”. This could serve as a beginner’s introduction to the concept of notes. Each syllable (“Do”, “Re”, etc) is sung as a note.

In Western music, we have TWELVE different kinds of notes, lying in sequence in terms of pitch. A note is said to be higher than (or “to the right of”) another, if it has a higher pitch then the other. Similarly a note is said lower than (or “to the letter”) another if it’s pitch is lower than the other.