How to play Mary Had a Little Lamb using Sa Re Ga Ma notes



Tune:
Mary had a little lamb,
little lamb, little lamb;
Mary had a little lamb
its fleece was white as snow.

Structure:
Ma- ry had a lit tle lamb -,
lit tle lamb -, lit tle lamb -;
Ma- ry had a lit tle lamb its
fleece was white as snow ---.

Notation: (Method 01)
'Ni- 'Dha 'Pa 'Dha 'Ni 'Ni 'Ni -,
'Dha 'Dha 'Dha -, 'Ni Re Re -;
'Ni- 'Dha 'Pa 'Dha 'Ni 'Ni 'Ni 'Ni
'Dha 'Dha 'Ni 'Dha 'Pa -   -   - .

Notation: (Method 02)
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 -   -   - .

Notes:
Only Shuddha Swaras have been used in this tune. Except for the Re note, all the notes used in Method 01 belong to the Mandra Saptak (lower octave)

Thorough practice of the above notation (Method 01) of this tune leads to a very good control over the lowest notes in the Mandra Saptak.

Thorough practice of the above notation (Method 02) of this tune leads to a very good control over the Ga Pa transition.

The - symbol indicates continuation of the previously played note before moving over to the next note or before coming to the end of a line, stanza or song.

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