- Life notes / jeeva
- G3 and N3 (Ga = vadi, Ni = samvadi of the parent Bihag; N3 kakali nishada is prominent and is typically the note from which alapana/tanam is launched).
- Resting notes / nyasa
- S, G3, P, N3 (phrases resolve chiefly to S, with G3, P and N3 as sustained landing notes; R2 and D2 are never rested upon).
- Signature phrases / prayoga
- Pakad N3 S G3 M1 P M1 P G3 M1 G3 R2 S; ascent S G3 M1 P N3 S with top phrase N3 D2 N3 S; dual-madhyama signature (descent only, M2 taken only alongside P): P M2 G3 M1 G3; Carnatic avarohana as notated S N3 D2 P M2 G3 M1 G3 R2 S.
- Ornament / gamaka
- Meend (long connecting glides between notes), the hallmark carried from Hindustani Bihag; R2 and D2 occur only as fleeting meend/kampita touches, not held; the oscillating M1/M2 interplay around Panchama is itself an ornamental hallmark.