Sargam Notation

Shisire Shisire Sharodo Akashe

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 notations for a Bengali devotional song “Sishire Sishire”. Writing Sargam for this song took me almost 20 days to figure out the correct pattern. However, after listening to it for dozens of times and blowing my flute for even more, I found out that this particular song is played with all Komal Swars, i.e., re, ga, dha and ni. Octave changes to high in the Antaras.  At first, it seemed to be not my cup of tea to produce Sargam for this song, but then perseverance paid off finally, and I succeeded in writing the following notes for this beautiful song. Hope you will enjoy as much as I have while playing it on my G scale flute.

Sishire | Sishire | Sharodo | Akashe
S d P | d P M | M M PM | g R g

Bhorer | aagomoni
r S | S r~MM g r S

Shiuli | jhorano | din ane | se
S d d | d d d | d~n n~S’ d | P

Chirodiner | bani..
d d d n~d | n S’r’ n~S d~n~P

Bhorer | aagomoni
g r S | S r M M g r~S

Shisire shisire Sarodo Akashe
Bhorer aagomoni

ANTARA:

Shonar | aloy | jagbe | prithibi
dd | d n d | n S’ S’ | S’S’S’

Baajbe | E alor | banshi
S’r’r’ | r’S’r’ | nS’ r’ n~S’ d~n~P

Shonar | aloy | jagbe | prithibi
g n~d | d~n~d n | n S’ S’ | S’S’S’

Baajbe | E alor | banshi
S’ r’ | r’r’ g’ | r’~S’ S’

Akash-tote | mohamayar
S’S’~g’ g’g’ | r’r’~S’ r’~n n

bhubon | mohini | haasi
n S’S’ | S’~r’ r’~M’M’ | g’~r’~S’

Dike | dike | aaj | uthbe | beje
S’S’~g’ | r’ S’ | S’ | n~P P~n~d | d P

Mayer | podo-dhoni
g r S | Sr r~M g r~S

Sisire Sisire Sarodo Akashe
Bhorer aagomoni

ANTARA: (notes same as above)

Bishwo aajiker dhyen-o mogna
Udbhashito asha..
Tapito trishito dhoray jaagbe
Praner notun bhasa
Mrinmoyi maa abirbhuta
Ashuro binashini
Sisire Sisire Sharodo Akashe
Bhorer agomoni

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