Sargam Notation

Flute Theme of movie HERO

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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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You can play this tune from Flat Scale as:

.DG M’G M’G S’D

S ‘N ‘DNDNDND (x2)

.DS’ N

gG M’

M’ DP

P M G g S ‘ND

Another Way of playing this tune is from Natural Scale as:

Note: Here you will have to play Ga and Ni as komal

S P {n D n}P {n D n}P

gS g R S

g g R

M’ P {Dn Dn} PD

DS RS n DP M gR

S P {n D n}P {n D n}P

Following video by Waqas Choudhary domonstrates more than one way of playing the Hero Theme Tune on Flute:

Following video by Pravin of Golden Flute Channel domonstrates an easy way (in Hindi) of playing the Hero Theme Tune on Flute:

There is an interesting anecdote that Jackie Shroff shares about this melodious Flute tune…

“For fifteen years now, two unknown flautists show up at my home every Sunday and they play this flute tune from Hero. Then they quietly leave.  It doesn’t matter if I am out of town.  These guys come home and do the Hero theme anyway. Basuri baut pyar se bajaate hain.
“They wake up the entire building with their music. But nobody minds. That Hero flute passage is very very sureela.  Do you know who played it in the film? The maestro Hari Prasad Chaurasia himself!  I’ve been a fan of Panditji since then. And now when these boys play it for me every Sunday I feel I am transported back to my beginnings in the movies.”

“I don’t know, why have the flautists been showing up for fifteen years? Hero was released 29 years ago.  I never asked them. They never told me. I don’t even know their names. They just come religiously, play the music and quietly leave.”

 “That flute passage was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Pandit Chaurasia played it for me. It played a big hand in launching me as a romantic hero.’

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