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12.5 Practise major and minor scales in the songs you learn
If the notes used in a song are all natural, then the song is in the major
scale. If the song has komal ga, k01naldha and komalni (Eb, Ab and
Bb) notes and remaining notes are natural then it is a minor scale
song. The notes used i
There are three types of notes that make up a song, which we have
already studied as Shuddha(Natural), Komal(Flat)and Tivra (Sharp)
notes. A song that uses only natural notes like Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
Dha Ni is in the major scale. Similarly, if the ga, dhaandninotesare
Kamal, then the scale usedis minor. The major scale is denoted by
English letters from A to G, such as: G/NC, while the minor scale is
denoted by putting an English small letter behind these letters, such
as: Gm/Am/Cm and so on. This is also denoted by writing Thaat or
sargam in Nepali. For example, in our national anthem of Nepal
"SayaunThungaPhulka Hami" Kamal ga and komalninotes are used, so
we should understand it as a minor scale song. It can be understood
n1ore clearly from the notation given below in which Komal ga and
Kamal ninotes are used.
~-Gm
~-~ (Ve;)
~ ~~
-
m 1L:J_JIT ~ ~ -- 1L:J_~ ~
m -!f +f - tr
q- - -
tJ;'3"Z m sm
~s s
~ s i:rr
~ ~sm 1s7!1 1:fi<1 <PT ITT S lfr -- --
~-
--
m ~~ - 1L:J_ ~ - - m - -
m
m - !f +f - q-
-- --
~ ms<f ~~ ~sfu Q;S<PT ~ s ~ +f S ITT q;r s s ~s s
---........-- -~
-- --
m ......____,_ - ~~ !f - m +f --
m - mtr -+f
m - m
q- - q-
·~ 1:.l's<J; fus<PT ~ ~ ~~ ~~
~-

-
-- ~ ~ - -1L::.1! ~
m q- +f !f +f !f m m - tr +f - m
me- tr
~TCG ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~

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