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Seven syllables naming the degrees of a scale.
Also known as: Svara notation, Sa re ga ma, Indian solfège, Swara syllables
Sargam names the seven scale degrees by syllable — sa, re, ga, ma, pa, dha, ni — and it is movable: sa is wherever the performer sets it, so the syllables give relationships rather than absolute pitches. The Western sol-fa system works the same way and arrived independently.
Denotes the syllabic naming of scale degrees in Indian classical music, from the seven svaras sa, re, ga, ma, pa, dha and ni.
Contexts: Music
Is movable rather than absolute: sa is chosen by the performer to suit the voice or instrument, so the syllables express intervals rather than fixed frequencies.
Contexts: Music
Distinguishes altered degrees by name — komal for flattened and tivra for the sharpened ma — rather than by an added accidental sign.
Contexts: Music
Uses different syllable sets in the Hindustani and Carnatic traditions for the altered degrees, so the two systems are related and not identical.
Contexts: Music
Seven syllables written in Devanagari or Latin script in sequence, with diacritic dots above or below to indicate octave register.