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3 unusual facts about Sargam


Sargam

Radio Sargam, a nationwide commercial Hindi FM radio station in Fiji

Swara, a way of assigning syllables to pitches in Indian music

Uncle Sargam, a puppet character made by Pakistani puppeteer Farooq Qaiser


Rakesh Pandit

Rakesh Pandit debuted in 1994 when he rendered the high-pitched alaaps and the sargam for Tu cheez badi hai mast mast from Mohra.

Solmization

In India, the origin of solmization was to be found in Vedic texts like the Upanishads, which discuss a musical system of seven notes, realized ultimately in what is known as sargam.


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