Sunday, October 12, 2014

Ganesha Sharanam Sharanam Ganesha

Conventions followed to identify the octave of the swara being played.
Bold – Upper octave.
Plain – Middle octave.

Look for the pattern of black keys: 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3.
Our starting point S is the white key before the 2-black keys.
Italics – Lower octave.


Hamsadhwani  –  S  R2  G2  P  N2  S;     S  N2  P  G2  R2  S
Lyrics
Ga  ne _  sha 
Sha  ra  na  m 
Sha  ra  nam  Ga
ne _  sha _ 
Swaras
S     S   _    S    
S     N2     P    _   
G2    P     N2    N2 
S   _   S    _  
Fingering
4    4   _    4   
4     3    2     _ 
1     2     3       3   
4   _   4   _  
Chords
S-G2-P
S-G2-P
S-G2-P
S-G2-P





Lyrics
Ga  ne _  sha 
Sha  ra  na  m 
Sha  ra  nam  Ga
ne _  sha _ 
Swaras
N2   R2  _   R2  
N R2  R2   _  
N2   R2       N2     P   
N2   _ R2  _ 
Fingering
3      4   _    4  
3     4     4   _  
3     4       3     2  
3     _  4  _ 
Chords
P-N2-R2
P-N2-R2
P-N2-R2
P-N2-R2





Lyrics
Ga  ne _  sha 
Sha  ra  na  m 
Sha  ra  nam  Ga
ne _  sha _ 
Swaras
   G2  _   G2   
R2   G2  G2   _  
R2   G2     R2      S   
R2   _ G2  _ 
Fingering
2      4   _    4  
3     4     4   _  
3     4       3     2  
3     _  4  _ 
Chords
S-G2-P
S-G2-P
S-G2-P
S-G2-P





Lyrics
Ga  ne _  sha 
Sha  ra  na  m 
Sha  ra  nam  Ga
ne _  sha _ 
Swaras
R2    R2  _   R2  
R2   R2  G2  R2  
S     S       R2       G2 
R2   _  S  _ 
Fingering
3      3   _    3  
3     3     4   3    
2     2      3      4  
3     _  2  _ 
Chords
P-N2-R2
P-N2-R2
S-G2-P
S-G2-P





Same swaras, fingering and chords for the next stanza “Sayeesha Sharanam Sharanam Sayeesha”

5 comments:

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  2. Easy to follow and well presented. both notes and video. Sai Ram. Raj Parthasarathy. ( I was one of those hoping there will be a Skype session
    occasionally. Pity your schedule is tight. Understandable.)

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  3. Nice Post with Good And Thanks For sharing Such a Nice Infromation.
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  4. Where can we see more chords for simple Bhajans..in similar notation to the one above.....like 2 or 3 chords for a Bhajan Thank you so much.

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