Sargam Notation

Bade Achhe lagte hai

How to read SARGAM
  • CAPITAL LETTERS Shuddh Swars (Natural Notes)
  • small letters Komal Swars (Flat Notes)
  • with # [hash] or ^ [exponent] = Tivra Madhyam (M# / M^)
  • Letter/Alphabet ONLY = Medium Pitch/Normal blow on flute
  • Letter/Alphabet PRECEDED BY a ” . ” [full stop] or  a ” , ” [comma] = Low Octave Note/Softer blow on flute
  • Letter/Alphabet FOLLOWED BY a ‘ [single quote] = High Octave Note/harder blow on flute
  • Notes in { } “murki” have to be played very fast without any pause
  • A Note in ( ) “kann swar” has to be just touched before moving on to the next note
  • A “~” between two Notes  = “meend”. That is, you have to glide from one note to another slowly to produce that wavy effect.
  • Few “….” (dots) after a note = Play and hold that note
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Sargam (notes) for song Bade Acchee lagte hai
Film : Balika Badhu (1976)
Music : RD Burman
Lyrics : Anand Bakshi
Singer : Amit Kumar

This is such a beautiful creation of R D Burman!  One of the personal favourites of the singer, Amit Kumar and mine as well.  It took me long to find out the first note of this song.  I was playing Sa earlier, which initially sounded good but I wasn’t getting the right notes for the Interlude Aalap.  So I switched from Sa to Re for the first note and yes, I got the Sargam right after that.

I used C middle flute to write the sargam notations of this song.

 

PRELUDE:

Bade | Acchee | lagte | hai
RGR | SND | NS | G

(Kyaa…)

Yeh | Dharti | yeh | nadiyaa,
G | GPM | R | RMG

yeh | rainaa | (aur)
S | SGR(G)R |

Aur | tum
N | S

MUKHDA:

Bade Acchee lagte hai
Yeh Dharti ,yeh nadiyaa, yeh rainaa

Aur | tum mm mmmm
N | S RGRS

INTERLUDE:

O o O | MAjhi | re…….e
N’D’D’ | N’N’ | S’ N’N’ D’D’ P’D’n’D’P’

Jai | ho | piya | ke | de….sh
G | P’ | P’N’ D’P’ D’N’ D’P’ | P’…. S’

ANTARA 1:

Hum | tum | kitane | paas | hai
S | S | SSS | S~GRG | R

kitane | duur | hain | chaand | sitaare
SN | N | N | N(S)ND | NNS

Sach | poochho | to | maan | ko | jhoothe
GG | G G | G | GP | M | G~RR

lagate | hain | yeh | saare
RR | M | M | MP

Magar | saccche | lagate | hai
RGR | SND | NS | G

Yeh | Dharti | yeh | nadiyaa,
G | GPM | R | RMG

yeh | rainaa | (aur)
S | SGR(G)R |

Aur | tum mm mmmmmm
N | S RGRS

End Music:
P… R… S…

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