Sare Jahan Se Achha

Non-filmi song

CAPITAL LETTERS = Shuddh Swars (Natural Notes)
small letters = Komal Swars (Flat Notes)
M 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

Hindi, Patriotic, Sargam

Poet : Muhammad Iqbal
Released on : 16th Aug 1904

Notations produced on C Middle Scale Flute

Sitting at home during this pandemic – COVID19 – gave me ample time to enrich the list of sargam notations on this website. Following many requests, I jotted down the Sargam notations for this patriotic song which was written more than 100 years ago!! It took me some time to figure out that the first note has to be Komal Gandhar (g) on C scale and not the Shuddh Gandhar (G). All Antaras of this song start with different notes. Pay attention to play komal gandhar and lower octave notes cleanly. Enjoy!

STHAYI: