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Sa Re Ga Ma on Piano — Sargam Notes on Every Key

Every key below is labelled in both sargam and Western notes. Move Sa to any key and watch the swars move with it — then play the aaroh, avroh and alankars with the keys lighting up.

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Practise with the keys lighting up

Press Play along and the next key glows until you play it. Every song is public domain or traditional. Sargam below is written with Sa on C; change Sa on the instrument and the song moves with it.

Sargam and raag

Sa Re Ga Ma — aaroh and avroh
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The Bilawal thaat scale, the first exercise in Hindustani music. Traditional.
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Sargam
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Ṡa
Ṡa Ni Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa
Western
C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5
C5 B4 A4 G4 F4 E4 D4 C4
Alankar: Sa Re, Re Ga, Ga Ma
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Traditional practice pattern (alankar). Public domain.
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Sargam
Sa Re Re Ga Ga Ma Ma Pa Pa Dha Dha Ni Ni Ṡa
Ṡa Ni Ni Dha Dha Pa Pa Ma Ma Ga Ga Re Re Sa
Western
C4 D4 D4 E4 E4 F4 F4 G4 G4 A4 A4 B4 B4 C5
C5 B4 B4 A4 A4 G4 G4 F4 F4 E4 E4 D4 D4 C4
Alankar: Sa Re Ga, Re Ga Ma
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Traditional practice pattern (alankar). Public domain.
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Sargam
Sa Re Ga Re Ga Ma Ga Ma Pa Ma Pa Dha Pa Dha Ni Dha Ni Ṡa
Ṡa Ni Dha Ni Dha Pa Dha Pa Ma Pa Ma Ga Ma Ga Re Ga Re Sa
Western
C4 D4 E4 D4 E4 F4 E4 F4 G4 F4 G4 A4 G4 A4 B4 A4 B4 C5
C5 B4 A4 B4 A4 G4 A4 G4 F4 G4 F4 E4 F4 E4 D4 E4 D4 C4
Raag Bhupali — aaroh and avroh
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Raag scale: Sa Re Ga Pa Dha. Traditional.
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Sargam
Sa Re Ga Pa Dha Ṡa
Ṡa Dha Pa Ga Re Sa
Western
C4 D4 E4 G4 A4 C5
C5 A4 G4 E4 D4 C4
Bhairav thaat — komal Re and komal Dha
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Thaat scale from Bhatkhande's system. Traditional.
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Sargam
Sa re Ga Ma Pa dha Ni Ṡa
Ṡa Ni dha Pa Ma Ga re Sa
Western
C4 C#4 E4 F4 G4 G#4 B4 C5
C5 B4 G#4 G4 F4 E4 C#4 C4
Kalyan thaat — tivra Ma
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Thaat scale from Bhatkhande's system; the parent scale of Raag Yaman. Traditional.
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Sargam
Sa Re Ga Ma' Pa Dha Ni Ṡa
Ṡa Ni Dha Pa Ma' Ga Re Sa
Western
C4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5
C5 B4 A4 G4 F#4 E4 D4 C4

Kids

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
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Traditional French melody ("Ah! vous dirai-je, maman", 1761). Public domain.
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Sargam
Sa Sa Pa Pa Dha Dha Pa
Ma Ma Ga Ga Re Re Sa
Pa Pa Ma Ma Ga Ga Re
Pa Pa Ma Ma Ga Ga Re
Sa Sa Pa Pa Dha Dha Pa
Ma Ma Ga Ga Re Re Sa
Western
C4 C4 G4 G4 A4 A4 G4
F4 F4 E4 E4 D4 D4 C4
G4 G4 F4 F4 E4 E4 D4
G4 G4 F4 F4 E4 E4 D4
C4 C4 G4 G4 A4 A4 G4
F4 F4 E4 E4 D4 D4 C4
Mary Had a Little Lamb
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American nursery rhyme, 1830. Public domain.
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Sargam
Ga Re Sa Re Ga Ga Ga
Re Re Re Ga Pa Pa
Ga Re Sa Re Ga Ga Ga Ga
Re Re Ga Re Sa
Western
E4 D4 C4 D4 E4 E4 E4
D4 D4 D4 E4 G4 G4
E4 D4 C4 D4 E4 E4 E4 E4
D4 D4 E4 D4 C4
Hot Cross Buns
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English street cry, 18th century. Public domain.
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Sargam
Ga Re Sa
Ga Re Sa
Sa Sa Sa Sa Re Re Re Re
Ga Re Sa
Western
E4 D4 C4
E4 D4 C4
C4 C4 C4 C4 D4 D4 D4 D4
E4 D4 C4
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
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American nursery rhyme, 1852. Public domain.
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Sargam
Sa Sa
Sa Re Ga
Ga Re Ga Ma Pa
Ṡa Ṡa Ṡa Pa Pa Pa Ga Ga Ga Sa Sa Sa
Pa Ma Ga Re Sa
Western
C4 C4
C4 D4 E4
E4 D4 E4 F4 G4
C5 C5 C5 G4 G4 G4 E4 E4 E4 C4 C4 C4
G4 F4 E4 D4 C4
London Bridge Is Falling Down
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English nursery rhyme, 17th century. Public domain.
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Sargam
Pa Dha Pa Ma
Ga Ma Pa
Re Ga Ma
Ga Ma Pa
Pa Dha Pa Ma
Ga Ma Pa
Re Pa
Ga Sa
Western
G4 A4 G4 F4
E4 F4 G4
D4 E4 F4
E4 F4 G4
G4 A4 G4 F4
E4 F4 G4
D4 G4
E4 C4
Frère Jacques
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French traditional round, 18th century. Public domain.
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Sargam
Sa Re Ga Sa
Sa Re Ga Sa
Ga Ma Pa
Ga Ma Pa
Pa Dha Pa Ma Ga Sa
Pa Dha Pa Ma Ga Sa
Sa P̣a Sa
Sa P̣a Sa
Western
C4 D4 E4 C4
C4 D4 E4 C4
E4 F4 G4
E4 F4 G4
G4 A4 G4 F4 E4 C4
G4 A4 G4 F4 E4 C4
C4 G3 C4
C4 G3 C4
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
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Folk song, first printed 1917. Public domain.
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Sargam
Pa Pa Pa Re
Ga Ga Re
Ni Ni Dha Dha
Pa Re
Pa Pa Pa Re
Ga Ga Re
Ni Ni Dha Dha
Pa
Western
G4 G4 G4 D4
E4 E4 D4
B4 B4 A4 A4
G4 D4
G4 G4 G4 D4
E4 E4 D4
B4 B4 A4 A4
G4
Au Clair de la Lune
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French folk song, 18th century. Public domain.
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Sargam
Sa Sa Sa Re
Ga Re
Sa Ga Re Re
Sa
Sa Sa Sa Re
Ga Re
Sa Ga Re Re
Sa
Re Re Re Re
Ḍha Ḍha
Re Sa Ṇi Ḍha
P̣a
Sa Sa Sa Re
Ga Re
Sa Ga Re Re
Sa
Western
C4 C4 C4 D4
E4 D4
C4 E4 D4 D4
C4
C4 C4 C4 D4
E4 D4
C4 E4 D4 D4
C4
D4 D4 D4 D4
A3 A3
D4 C4 B3 A3
G3
C4 C4 C4 D4
E4 D4
C4 E4 D4 D4
C4

Classical

Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
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Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, 1824. Public domain.
Show the notes
Sargam
Ga Ga Ma Pa
Pa Ma Ga Re
Sa Sa Re Ga
Ga Re Re
Ga Ga Ma Pa
Pa Ma Ga Re
Sa Sa Re Ga
Re Sa Sa
Re Re Ga Sa
Re Ga Ma Ga Sa
Re Ga Ma Ga Re
Sa Re P̣a
Ga Ga Ma Pa
Pa Ma Ga Re
Sa Sa Re Ga
Re Sa Sa
Western
E4 E4 F4 G4
G4 F4 E4 D4
C4 C4 D4 E4
E4 D4 D4
E4 E4 F4 G4
G4 F4 E4 D4
C4 C4 D4 E4
D4 C4 C4
D4 D4 E4 C4
D4 E4 F4 E4 C4
D4 E4 F4 E4 D4
C4 D4 G3
E4 E4 F4 G4
G4 F4 E4 D4
C4 C4 D4 E4
D4 C4 C4
Für Elise, opening (Beethoven)
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Beethoven, 1810. Public domain. Right-hand melody only.
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Sargam
Ġa ġa Ġa ġa Ġa Ni Ṙe Ṡa Dha
Sa Ga Dha Ni
Ga dha Ni Ṡa
Ga Ġa ġa Ġa ġa Ġa Ni Ṙe Ṡa Dha
Sa Ga Dha Ni
Ga Ṡa Ni Dha
Western
E5 D#5 E5 D#5 E5 B4 D5 C5 A4
C4 E4 A4 B4
E4 G#4 B4 C5
E4 E5 D#5 E5 D#5 E5 B4 D5 C5 A4
C4 E4 A4 B4
E4 C5 B4 A4
Minuet in G (Petzold)
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Christian Petzold, from the 1725 Anna Magdalena Bach notebook. Public domain.
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Sargam
Ṙe Pa Dha Ni Ṡa Ṙe Pa Pa
Ġa Ṡa Ṙe Ġa Ṁa' Ṗa Pa Pa
Ṡa Ṙe Ṡa Ni Dha Ni Ṡa Ni Dha Pa
Ma' Pa Dha Ni Pa Dha
Western
D5 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 G4 G4
E5 C5 D5 E5 F#5 G5 G4 G4
C5 D5 C5 B4 A4 B4 C5 B4 A4 G4
F#4 G4 A4 B4 G4 A4

Festive

Happy Birthday to You
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Hill sisters, 1893. Public domain in the US since the 2016 settlement and in the EU since 2017.
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Sargam
Pa Pa Dha Pa Ṡa Ni
Pa Pa Dha Pa Ṙe Ṡa
Pa Pa Ṗa Ġa Ṡa Ni Dha
Ṁa Ṁa Ġa Ṡa Ṙe Ṡa
Western
G4 G4 A4 G4 C5 B4
G4 G4 A4 G4 D5 C5
G4 G4 G5 E5 C5 B4 A4
F5 F5 E5 C5 D5 C5
Jingle Bells (chorus)
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James Lord Pierpont, 1857. Public domain.
Show the notes
Sargam
Ga Ga Ga
Ga Ga Ga
Ga Pa Sa Re
Ga
Ma Ma Ma Ma
Ma Ga Ga Ga Ga
Ga Re Re Ga
Re Pa
Ga Ga Ga
Ga Ga Ga
Ga Pa Sa Re
Ga
Ma Ma Ma Ma
Ma Ga Ga Ga Ga
Pa Pa Ma Re
Sa
Western
E4 E4 E4
E4 E4 E4
E4 G4 C4 D4
E4
F4 F4 F4 F4
F4 E4 E4 E4 E4
E4 D4 D4 E4
D4 G4
E4 E4 E4
E4 E4 E4
E4 G4 C4 D4
E4
F4 F4 F4 F4
F4 E4 E4 E4 E4
G4 G4 F4 D4
C4
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
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English West Country carol, 16th century. Public domain.
Show the notes
Sargam
Pa
Ṡa Ṡa Ṙe Ṡa Ni
Dha Dha Dha
Ṙe Ṙe Ġa Ṙe Ṡa
Ni Pa Pa
Ġa Ġa Ṁa Ġa Ṙe
Ṡa Dha Pa Pa
Dha Ṙe Ni
Ṡa
Western
G4
C5 C5 D5 C5 B4
A4 A4 A4
D5 D5 E5 D5 C5
B4 G4 G4
E5 E5 F5 E5 D5
C5 A4 G4 G4
A4 D5 B4
C5

The short answer

Sa is the tonic, the note you choose as home. If Sa is C, then Re is D, Ga is E, Ma is F, Pa is G, Dha is A and Ni is B — the white keys from C. The black keys are the komal swars re (C#), ga (D#), dha (G#) and ni (A#), and tivra Ma' (F#).

How to play

Four steps, no install

Step 1: Find Sa
With Sa on C, the white keys from C upward are Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni.
Step 2: Find the komal swars
The black keys between are re, ga, dha and ni — and the one between Ma and Pa is tivra Ma'.
Step 3: Move Sa
Change Sa to any key. The pattern of steps stays the same; only the starting key moves.
Step 4: Play it
Pick the aaroh and avroh below and play along as each swar lights up.

Sargam on the keyboard

Sa Re Ga Ma to piano keys

Sa is the note you choose as home; every other swar is counted from it. With Sa on C, the white keys are the shuddha swars and the black keys are the komal swars and tivra Ma.

Each swar, its full name, and its piano key when Sa is C
Swar	Name	Key when Sa = C	Semitones above Sa
Sa	Shadja (Sa)	C	0
re	Komal Rishabh (re)	C# (black key)	1
Re	Shuddha Rishabh (Re)	D	2
ga	Komal Gandhar (ga)	D# (black key)	3
Ga	Shuddha Gandhar (Ga)	E	4
Ma	Shuddha Madhyam (Ma)	F	5
Ma'	Tivra Madhyam (Ma')	F# (black key)	6
Pa	Pancham (Pa)	G	7
dha	Komal Dhaivat (dha)	G# (black key)	8
Dha	Shuddha Dhaivat (Dha)	A	9
ni	Komal Nishad (ni)	A# (black key)	10
Ni	Shuddha Nishad (Ni)	B	11

Computer keys

Which key plays which note

Two rows, as in most music software. The arrow keys move everything up or down an octave, and each key on screen shows its letter.

Computer keys and the notes they play at the starting octave
Row	Keys → notes (starting octave)
Bottom letter row	Z=C4 X=D4 C=E4 V=F4 B=G4 N=A4 M=B4
Row above it (black keys)	S=C#4 D=D#4 G=F#4 H=G#4 J=A#4
Top letter row	Q=C5 W=D5 E=E5 R=F5 T=G5 Y=A5 U=B5 I=C6 O=D6 P=E6
Number row (black keys)	2=C#5 3=D#5 5=F#5 6=G#5 7=A#5 9=C#6 0=D#6

FAQ

Questions people ask

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Which piano key is Sa?

Any key can be Sa — it is the note you choose as home, not a fixed pitch. On a piano it is usually taught with Sa on C, so C D E F G A B are Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni. Singers often move Sa to suit their voice.

What are komal and tivra swars on the piano?

Komal (flat) swars are a semitone below the shuddha ones: with Sa on C, komal re is C#, komal ga is D#, komal dha is G# and komal ni is A#. Tivra (sharp) Ma is a semitone above Ma: F#. Sa and Pa never change.

How do I read the dots in sargam notation?

A dot below a swar means the lower (mandra) saptak and a dot above means the upper (taar) saptak. No dot means the middle (madhya) saptak. So Ṇi is the Ni just below Sa, and Ṡa is the Sa an octave above.

Why can't I hear anything?

Browsers keep a page silent until you tap or press a key once, so tap "Tap to play" first. On an iPhone or iPad, also check the silent switch on the side: it mutes sound from web pages. If it still is silent, check the volume and that the right speaker or headphones are selected.

How do I connect a MIDI keyboard?

Plug the keyboard in with USB (or a USB–MIDI cable), then press Connect MIDI and allow access when the browser asks. It works in Chrome, Edge, Opera and Firefox on a computer or Android. Safari does not support Web MIDI, so on a Mac use Chrome or Firefox. How hard you play is passed through, and the sustain pedal works too.

Guides worth reading

Harmonium
How to find your Sa: choosing the right scale for your voice
Sa is not a fixed note. Here is how to find the one that suits your voice in ten minutes, what White 1 and Black 2 mean, and how to check it with a drone.
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Sa Re Ga Ma on Piano — Sargam Notes on Every Key

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Practise with the keys lighting up

Sargam and raag

Sa Re Ga Ma — aaroh and avroh

Alankar: Sa Re, Re Ga, Ga Ma

Alankar: Sa Re Ga, Re Ga Ma

Raag Bhupali — aaroh and avroh

Bhairav thaat — komal Re and komal Dha

Kalyan thaat — tivra Ma

Kids

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Hot Cross Buns

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

London Bridge Is Falling Down

Frère Jacques

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Au Clair de la Lune

Classical

Ode to Joy (Beethoven)

Für Elise, opening (Beethoven)

Minuet in G (Petzold)

Festive

Happy Birthday to You

Jingle Bells (chorus)

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

The short answer

Four steps, no install

Step 1: Find Sa

Step 2: Find the komal swars

Step 3: Move Sa

Step 4: Play it