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Western Music
First term
Oriental notations
Oriental notations
• Oriental notations are written as
SA RI GA MA PA DHA NI
• The three octaves are named as
Mandra sapthakaya
'¯w==x==y==z=={==|==}"
SA RI GA MA PA DHA NI
. . . . . . .
Madya sapthakaya
'&r==s==t==u==v==w==x"
SA RI GA MA PA DHA NI
Uchcha sapthakaya
'&y==z=={==|==}==~=="
. . . . . .
SA RI GA MA PA DHA
• SA and PA are fixed notes. They do not change and are called Achala
swara.
===r=== SA - - -
====b=== SA-
===R==== SA
===B==== SA
Activities
Convert this passage into western notations.
PA DHA SA- / NI- - RI / DHA MA’ GA -RI NI / PA- - -
.
'===================================================!
Convert this to oriental notations
'&©4X==Y=Z==l!=h==W==V!=W=V=U==g!===x=="