Hindi Music Notations

Note: If you see something incomplete, please revisit this page. I continue working on the notations as time permits. My effort is to provide perfect and authentic music information for those who are looking for professional excellence in music.

Comments and suggestions welcome: EMAIL: rainbeats.rainbeats@gmail.com : If you need notation for any song, you may email me.

Tips on professional singing of existing light songs (not for classical): 

1. Do not improvise: Sing songs as matching as possible per standard version of the available song, because the audience expect expect exact matching with original song.

2. Almost all recorded songs has minor variations from  the written composition of the same song due to practical human factors, but the variations are under allowable limit to stay musical. But always follow the singing of original singer.

3. In recording the timing of taala/rhythm is not as precise as computer does, but the variations are under allowable limits. So when comparing a recorded song with computer program, do not get surprised if beats timing does not exactly match.

4. Very often speed of the song are changed purposefully.

5. In hindi music, it is common to use multiple taalas, such as teen taal + keharva.

6. For precise singing, it is helpful to know:

     A. Tempo

     B. Notes used

     C. Time signature and meter (taala)
7. Practice: Practice is key for success in music. Sometimes you may feel it is difficult to sync different components of singing - such as emotion, tempo, taala, notes. But remember ...these all are doable by practice ...all singers have done it ...you can also do it. Human mind is amazing ...keep practicing ...you will be able to sing the magic. 

Note: 
1. When singing classical songs, of course improvisation is almost essential part. Or when your audience specifically ask for improvisation - then you should use improvisation.
2. If you want to compose music, please take close look how original poem is converted to song. Different parts of a poem is organized such that it can fit well with the time signature and meter of the music.  

Legends and assumptions for the notations

::Sa = S, Re  = R, Ga = G, Ma = M, Pa = P, Dha = D, Ni =  N

::Sa and Pa are always natural (no flat/sharp for Sa and Pa). Ma is never flat (altered Ma = Sharp Ma). Re, Ga, Dha, and Ni are never sharp (altered RGDN = flat RGDN).

::In most compositions, either natural or altered notes are used, but not always. So, for easy reading, altered notes are also represented by uppercase letters in the notation unless natural and altered both variations of the same note are used in a composition. 

Lower octave notes: Preceded by ".": Example- .S, .R, .G
Upper octave  notes: Followed by Apostrophe ': Example-S', R', G'
Middle octave notes: Single letter: Example- S, R, G
Vocal pause: Comma:","

1. Suno sajana papeehe ne ...Film: Aaye din bahar ke 

[Please notice the brilliant arrangement of words, syllables, beats, taala, and raaga in the tabular arrangement below. This amazing music composition by LP (Laxmikant-Pyarelal) in Raaga, Yaman Kalyan, still creates magic melody when we listen to]

-Song link on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihTP_arJSIo
-Film: Aaye din bahar ke: Year-1966
-Actor/Actress: Dharmendra-Aasha Parekh
-Singer: Lata Mangeshkar

-Music: Laxmikant Pyarelal
-Lyric: Anand Bakshi
-Notes used: SRGMmPDN (8 notes): Altered note = m (Sharp or Tivra Ma): All natural notes + sharp Ma. (Flat-N and other notes may be used rarely just as grace notes or passing notes).
-Vocal pitch range = .N - S' = 14 keys: Lowest key = .N: Highest key = S'
-Raaga: Yaman Kalyan
-Taala: Teen Taal + Keharva
-Sa of original singer = E3
-Tempo = 180 BPM

-Poetry:
Suno sajana papeehe ne, kaha sabase pukaar ke
Sambhal jaao chaman waalon, ke aaye din bahaar ke

Phoolon ki daaliyaan bhi, yahi geet gaa rahi hain
Ghadiyaan piya milan ki, nazadik aa rahi hain
Hawaaon ne jo chhede hain, fasaane hain wo pyaar ke
Sambhal jaao chaman waalon, ke aaye din bahaar ke

Dekho na aise dekho, marazi hai kya tumhaari
Bechain kar na dena, tumako qasam hamaari
Hamin dushaman na ban jaayen, kahin apane qaraar ke
Sambhal jaao chaman waalon, ke aaye din bahaar ke

Baagon men pad gaye Hain, saawan ke mast jhule
Aisa samaan jo dekha, raahi bhi raah bhule
Ke ji chaaha yahin rakh den, umar saari guzaar ke
Sambhal jaao chaman waalon, ke aaye din bahaar ke

  

-Lyric:

-Alaap and Bandish:

Alaap: Aa~~~:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
-	-	-	-	-	-	aa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
						S'	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
aa	-	-	aa	-	-	-	-	-	-	,	,	aa	-	-	-
N	-	-	P	m	-	-	-	-	-	,	,	M	P	D	P
aa				aa										aa
-	-	-	-	M	-	-	-	R	-	S	-	-	-,	S	-
aa				aa
-	-	-	-,	S	-	-	-

Sthayee: Suno sajana ...

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-su	no	-	sa	ja
											-S	P	-	m	m

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
na	-	-	-	,pa	pi	-	he	ne	-	-,	,su	no	-	sa	ja
P	-	-	-	,P	PD	-	P	m	-	-P	-S	P	-	m	m
na	-	-	-	,pa	pi	-	he	ne	-	-	,ka	ha	-	sa	ba
P	-	-	-	,P	P	-	m	MG	-	-	,M	G	-	R	S
se	-	-	,pu	ka	-	-	-r	ke	-	-	-sam	bha	la	ja	-
.N	-	-	,S	N	-	-	-D	P	m	-	-S	P	P	m	-
o	-	-	,	cha	man	-	wa	lon	-	-	-sam	bha	la	ja	-
P	-	-	,	P	PD	-	P	G	-	PmP	-S	P	P	m	-

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
o	-	-	,	cha	-man	-	wa	lon	-	-	,ke	aa	-	ye	-
P	-	-	,	P	PD	-	P	G	-	-	,G	G	-	S	-
din	-	-	,ba	ha	-	-	-r	ke	-	-	-su	no	-	sa	ja
N	-	-	,S	N	-	-	-D	P	-	m	-S	P	-	m	m
na	-	-	-,	su	no	sa	ja	na	-	-	-
P	-	-	PDN,	m	mG	P	P	P	-	-	-

Antara-1: Phoolon ki daaliyan bhi ...

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	phoo	-
														N	N
lon	-	-	,	ki	da	-	li	yan	-	bhi	-	-	-,	ya	hi
S'	-	-	,	S'	S'	-	P	PM	-	MG	-	-	-,	N	N
gi	-	-	-	ta-	,	gaa	ra	hi	-	-	-	hain	-,	gha	di
S'	-	-	-	S'-	,	S'P	M	MP	GMP	G	-	MG	-,	P	P
yan(x)	-	-	,	-pi	ya	-	-mi	lan	-	-	-	ki	-	na	za
D	-	-	,	-D	D	-	-D	<D	-	-	-	D>	-	N	N

X = Keharva starts here at 1st beat

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
di	-	-	-	ka-	,	aa	ra	hi	-	-	-	hain	-	na	za
S'	-	-	-	S'-	,	S'N	N	N	-	-	-	N	Pm	m	m
di	-	-	-	ka-	,	aa	ra	hi	-	-	-	hain	-	-	-
P	-	-	-	P-	,	Pm	m	M	-	-	-	MG	-	-	-
X

X = Keharva ends at its first bit ...Then Teen Taal will start again

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
											,ha	wa	-	o	-
											,G	P	-	m	m
ne	-	-	-,	jo	chhe	-	de	hain	-	-	-ha	wa	-	o	-
P	-	-	-,	m	PD	-	P	G	-	PGP	-G	P	-	m	m
ne	-	-	-,	jo	chhe	-	de	hain	-	-	,fa	sa	-	ne	-
P	-	-	-,	m	PD	-	P	G	-	RS	,R	R	-	S	-
hain	-	-	,wo	pya	-	-	-r	ke	-	-	-sam	bha	la	ja	-
.N	-	-	,S	N	-	-	-D	P	m	S	-S	P	P	m	-

*Repeat here the section-2 of the Sthayee
Antara-2: Dekho na aise dekho ...

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	de	-
														N	N
kho	-	-	,	na	ai	-	se	de	-	kho	-	-	-,	ma	ra
S'	-	-	,	S'	S'	-	P	PM	-	MG	-	-	-,	N	N
zi	-	-	-	hai-	,	kya	tum	ha	-	-	-	ri	-,	be	-
S'	-	-	-	S'-	,	S'P	M	MP	GMP	G	-	MG	-,	P	P
chai(x)	-	-	,	-n	kar	-	-na	de	-	-	-	na	-	tu	ma
D	-	-	,	-D	D	-	-D	<D	-	-	-	D>	-	N	N

X = Keharva starts here at 1st beat

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
ko	-	-	-,	-ka	sam	-	ha	ma	-	ri	-	-	-,	tu	ma
S'	-	-	-,	-S'	S'N	-	N	N	-	N		Pm	-,	m	m
ko	-	-	-,	-ka	sam	-	ha	ma	-	ri	-	-	-	-	-
P	-	-	-,	-P	Pm	-	m	M	-	MG	-	-	-	-	-
X

X = Keharva ends at its first bit ...Then Teen Taal will start again

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
											,ha	mi	-	du	sh
											,G	P	-	m	m
man	-	-	-,	na	ban	-	ja	-	yen	-	-ha	mi	-	du	sh
P	-	-	-,	m	PD	-	P	-	G	PGP	-G	P	-	m	m
man	-	-	-,	na	ban	-	ja	-	yen	-	-,	ka	hin	a	pa
P	-	-	-,	m	PD	-	P	-	G	-	RS,	R	R	S	S
ne	-	-	,ka	ra	-	-	-r	ke	-	-	-sam	bha	la	ja	-
.N	-	-	,S	N	-	-	-D	P	m	S	-S	P	P	m	-

*Repeat here the section-2 of the Sthayee

Antara-3: Baagon men pad gaye hain ...

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	baa	-
														N	N
gon	-	-	,	men	pad	-	ga	ye	-	hain	-	-	-,	sa	-
S'	-	-	,	S'	S'	-	P	PM	-	MG	-	-	-,	N	N
wan	-	-	-	ke-	,	mas	t	jhu	-	-	-	le	-,	ai	-
S'	-	-	-	S'-	,	S'P	M	MP	GMP	G	-	MG	-,	P	P
sa(x)	-	-	,	-sa	man	-	-jo	de	-	-	-	kha	-	ra	-
D	-	-	,	-D	D	-	-D	<D	-	-	-	D>	-	N	N

X = Keharva starts here at 1st beat

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
hi	-	-	-,	-bhi	ra	-	ha	bhu	-	-	-	le	-	ra	-
S'	-	-	-,	-S'	S'N	-	N	N	-	-	-	N	Pm	m	m
hi	-	-	-,	-bhi	ra	-	ha	bhu	-	-	-	le	-	-	-
P	-	-	-,	-P	Pm	-	m	M	-	-	-	MG	-	-	-
X

X = Keharva ends at its first bit ...Then Teen Taal will start again

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
											,ke	ji	-	cha	-
											,G	P	-	m	m
ha	-	-	-,	ya	hin	-	rakh	den	-	-	-ke	ji	-	cha	-
P	-	-	-,	m	PD	-	P	G	-	PGP	-G	P	-	m	m
ha	-	-	-,	ya	hin	-	rakh	den	-	-	,u	mar	-	sa	-
P	-	-	-,	m	PD	-	P	G	-	RS	,R	R	-	S	-
ri	-	-	,gu	zaa	-	-	-r	ke	-	-	-sam	bha	la	ja	-
.N	-	-	,S	N	-	-	-D	P	m	S	-S	P	P	m	-

*Repeat here the section-2 of the Sthayee

-Musical phrases:

suno sajana,
papeehe ne,
kaha sabase,
pukar ke ...

sambhal jaao,
chaman waalon ...
sambhal jaao,
chaman waalon,
ke aaye din,
bahar ke ...

suno sajana, ...suno sajana

MUSIC
----------

phoolon, 
ki daalyan bhi,
yahi geet,
gaa rahi hain,
ghadiyaan,
piya milan ki ...
nazadik,
aa rahi hai ...
nazadik,
aa rahi hai,

hawaaoon ne, 
jo chhede hain ...
hawaaoon ne, 
jo chhede hain,
fasane hain,
wo pyar ke ...
    
MUSIC
----------
dekho,
na aise dekho,
marzi hai,
kya tumhari,
bechain,
kar na dena ...
tumako,
kasam hamari,
tumako,
kasam hamari,

hamin dushman,
na ban jaayen ...
hamin dushman,
na ban jaayen,
kahin apane,
karar ke ...

MUSIC
----------
baagon,
men pad gaye hain,
sawan ke,
mast jhule,
aisa,
saman jo dekha ...
rahi,
bhi rah bhule,
rahi,
bhi rah bhule,

ke ji chaaha,
yahin rakh den ...
ke ji chaaha,
yahin rakh den,
umar sari,
guzaar ke ...