Notational Symbols
| A |
the shortest duration |
| B |
twice the shortest duration |
| D |
four times the shortest duration |
| F |
sign for a fundamental attack |
| H |
five times the shortest duration |
| J |
three times the shortest duration |
| m |
a notational sign in the circular notation representing a moving attack, which is also a voweled consonant |
| . |
a notational sign in the circular notation indicating a voweled consonant (na) which could be filled by an attack or could be left without attacks attached to it; in al-Marāghī the dot indicates both the voweled consonant (na) and the unvoweled consonant (n) |
| alif ( |
notational sign for an attack in al-Kāshānī; in al-Kindī and al-Khuwārizmī it is the opposite; in al-Marāghī’s Jāmiʿ it represents a finger motion without an attack attached to it. |
| 0 |
notational sign for a silent attack in al-Kāshānī; in the circular notation it represents an unvoweled consonant having no attack; in al-Kindī and al-Khuwārizmī it is the opposite |
| ta |
the shortest duration |
| tan |
it represents the light sabab and equals twice the shortest duration |
| tana |
it represents the heavy sabab and equals twice the shortest duration |
| tanan |
it represents a watad and equals three times the shortest duration |
| tananan |
it represents the fāṣila and equals four times the shortest duration |
| 𝅘𝅥 |
loud attack |
| 𝅘𝅥 |
soft attack |