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Free Sargam Notations and a Basic Introduction to Indian Classical Music Welcome to NotesAndSargam.com, your ultimate resource for free sargam notations and a basic introduction to Indian Classical Music. Whether you’re a budding musician or an experienced player, this website is designed to inspire your love for music and help you play your favorite songs […]

How to produce SARGAM or notations of a song?

I have been asked by many that “How to produce SARGAM or notations of a song?” Well, I will be answering this question purely based on my own experience of “trial and errors”. Since I am not a trained musician, I may be technically wrong while letting you know how do I produce SARGAMs, but […]

Do not stop experimenting – A case study

WHILE PRODUCING SARGAM/NOTATIONS DO NOT STOP EXPERIMENTING There are two versions of a song called “Har kisiko nahi milta, yaha pyar zindagi me“. One from a movie called “Jaabaaz” (1980) and other from a movie called “Boss” (2013). This is one of my favourite songs, and the only song till now which I love to […]

Alankars (Set #13)

Alankars. Practice the following Alankars daily to become proficient in moving your fingers on flute. .P.P.P.P .D.D.D.D .N.N.N.N SSSS RRRR GGGG MMMM PPPP DDDD NNNN S’S’S’S’ R’R’R’R’ G’G’G’G’ G’G’G’G’ R’R’R’R’ S’S’S’S’ NNNN DDDD PPPP MMMM GGGG RRRR SSSS .N.N.N.N .D.D.D.D .P.P.P.P . = lower octave ‘ = higher octave Post Views: 205

Alankars (Set #11)

Alankars. Practice the following Alankars daily to become proficient in moving your fingers on flute. .P.D.N .D.NS .NSR SRG RGM GMP MPD PDN DNS’ NS’R’ S’R’G’ R’G’M’ G’M’P’ P’M’G’ M’G’R’ G’R’S’ R’S’N S’ND NDP DPM PMG MGR GRS RS.N S.N.D .N.D.P ‘ = higher octave . = lower octave Post Views: 134

Alankars (Set #10)

Alankars. Practice the following Alankars daily to become proficient in moving your fingers on flute. .P.P .D.D .N.N SS RR GG MM PP DD NN S’S’ R’R’ G’G’ M’M’ P’P’ P’P’ M’M’ G’G’ R’R’ S’S’ NN DD PP MM GG RR SS .N.N .D.D .P.P . = lower octave ‘ = higher octave Post Views: […]

Alankars (Set #9)

Alankars. Practice the following Alankars daily to become proficient in moving your fingers on flute. .D .P .N .D S .N R S G R M G P M D P N D S’ N R’ S’ G’ R’ M’ G’ P’ M’ P’ M’ M’ G’ G’ R’ R’ S’ S’ N N D […]

Alankars (Set #8)

Alankars. Practice the following Alankars daily to become proficient in moving your fingers on flute. RS GR MG PM DP ND S’N NS’ DN PD MP GM RG SR . = lower octave ‘ = higher octave Post Views: 148

Alankars (Set #7)

Alankars. Practice the following Alankars daily to become proficient in moving your fingers on flute. SR RG GM MP PD DN NS’ S’N ND DP PM MG GR RS . = lower octave ‘ = higher octave Post Views: 147

Alankars (Set #6)

You can practice Alankars just with first 4 notes – S R G M, like the following: SRGM SRMG SGRM SMRG SGMR SMGR RGMS RMGS RSGM RGSM RMSG RSMG GMRS GMSR GSRM GRMS GRSM GSMR MSRG MRSG MRGS MSGR MGRS MGSR So, why don’t you give it a try to make Alankars with P D N […]

Alankars (Set #5)

Alankars. Practice the following Alankars daily to become proficient in moving your fingers on flute. .P .D .N S R G M P D N S’ R’ G’ M’ P’ P’ M’ G’ R’ S’ N D P M G R S .N .D .P . = lower octave ‘ = higher octave Post Views: […]

Frequenty Asked Questions on Bansuri?

As a beginner, which Bansuri I should purchase? As a beginner, you should go for a medium size bansuri (12 – 15 inches long) of scale C or G, as these are neither too big nor too small. Many beginners give up on Bansuri when they do not succeed in making sounds on Bansuri. But, […]

Alankars (Set # 4)

Alankars (Set # 3)

Alankars (Set # 2)

Let’s practice some Alankars on Bansuri: Aaroh and Avroh: 6 notes each .P .N .D S .N | R S’ D N P D M .D S .N R S G | N P D M P G .N R S G R M | D M P G M R S G R […]

Indian Sargam Vs Western Notes

Following chart may come handy while translating western notes of any tune or song into Indian Sargam, and vice-versa. Scale C D E F G A B Indian Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Western Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti The letters in all the above rows (column wise) generally follow a sequence. For […]

Alankar : Set-1

Alankars are extremely useful way of getting perfection in playing bansuri. play as much as you can. Alankars are like warm up exercises that prepares your senses to become musically active so that you can play flawless music. I’m writing below some Alankars that I play on Bansuri. However, these can be played on any other […]

Disclaimer

Ever since my Facebook page started getting popular, I can see that the expectations are getting higher and higher! What I thought was a humble beginning from my side seems to be turning out as a useful platform for music lovers like you. Thank you so much. However, I would like to reiterate that I am […]

Playing Bansuri is like Typing

@Darshan Gupta has asked a question, which I myself used to wonder sometime back. I’m sure there will be many of you with this same or similar query: “Sir actually m confused that which notes m playing on bansuri.. those are correct or not…For example… if m playing swar dha thn how I get to […]

There is only one Tivra swar

Many people, especially those who have just picked up learning flute, have a doubt that blowing harder on flute might produce Tivra sound for any note. This is not correct. Blowing harder produces sound of that note on its Higher pitch. For example, if you play “kora kagaz tha“, which is a duet song, you can […]

How to read Indian notations

The SARGAM (Indian notations) posted in this website are arranged in the following manner. Readers can take a clue from it and decipher the notations. The following is how generally the Indian notations are written, but it is not the thumbrule. You may find notations written in other style at other places. But, for this […]

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