Editing Grace note (section)

==Use in music==
In [[bagpipe]] music there is extensive use of grace notes. Indeed, because the [[chanter]] is not tongued but supplied by a continuous air source from the bag, grace notes are sometimes the only way to differentiate between notes. For example, inserting a grace note between two [[Quarter note|crotchet]]s (quarter notes) played at the same pitch is the only way to indicate them as opposed to them sounding like a single [[Half note|minim]] (half note). Various multiple grace note ornaments are formalised into distinct types, such as ''doublings'', ''throws'', and ''birls''. A single grace note is played on the beat as is the first grace note of a complex ornament such as a doubling. Some complex ornaments, such as ''taorluath'' can be played starting or ending on the beat. Grace notes are typically played as short as possible by lifting the fingers quickly and a short distance off the [[chanter]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aVehSJE4P4 BagpipeLessons.com Secrets of Top Pipers: Gracenotes by Jori Chisholm]</ref>

In modern editions of [[European classical music|Western classical]] works, editors often seek to eliminate the potential for different interpretations of ornamental symbology, of which grace notes are a prime example, by converting a composer's original ornamental notation into literal notation, the interpretation of which is far less subject to variation. Most modern composers, although by no means all of them, have followed this trend in the ''prima facie'' notation of their works.

In the context of [[Indian classical music]] ([[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani]] (North Indian), [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] (South Indian)) some specific forms of notes ([[Swara|swara-s]]) fulfill the technique of playing a note ([[swara]]). Such ornaments in Indian Classical Music are important for the proper rendition and essential to create the beauty of a [[raga]]. Some notes are linked with its preceding and succeeding note; these linked notes are called ''Kan-swars'' (grace notes).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ornamentation in Indian Classical Music - Raag Hindustani|url=https://raag-hindustani.com/Embellishment.html|access-date=2020-09-18|website=raag-hindustani.com}}</ref> 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: 
# using a swift short glide ([[meend]] or ghaseet),
# as a ''Sparsh'' (technique of playing a note on a plucked stringed instrument, the movement of notes is ascending) and
# as a ''Krintan'' (the opposite of a Sparsh, movement of notes is descending).
In a book on [[sitar]] compositions, Kaṇ 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.<ref>[http://www.omenad.net/articles/omeswarlipi.htm ''Sitar Compositions in Ome Swarlipi'']. Ragini Trivedi. 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-557-70596-2}}</ref>