National Anthem – The Star Spangled Banner
United States of America USA
Lyrics – Francis Scott Key
Music –John Stafford Smith
Written Date : 14/9/1814
The Star Spangled Banner Sargam Notes in English
How To Read Sargam Notes –
- “.” is used for Mandra saptak(Lower octave notes) swars.eg- .Pa
- “*” is user for Taar Saptak (Higher Octave notes) Swars eg – Pa*
- “(k)” small character is used for komal swars.eg – ( Re(k) , Ga(k) , Dha(k) , Ni(k) )
- Ma(t) here “(t)” is used for showing teevra swar Ma(t) .
- “-” is used for Holdong the notes according to the Song.
- Swars written “ReGa” in this manner means they are playing fast or two swars on one beat.
- Ma(Ga) or (Ga)Ma Here Ga is Kan Swar or Sparsh Swar and Ma is Mool Swar. (You Can skip the kan swar if not understand how to play)
- Swars written [ Ni(k) Pa ] in this manner they are playing or singing in sliding mode means Meend acc to Indian music .
- { NiSa*Re*Sa* Ni } here this braket {} is used for showing Khatka in which swars are playing fast .
Music Details –
Original Scale – A#
The Star Spangled Banner Sargam Notes Harmonium Notes
Oh, say / can you see / by / the dawn’s / early light
Pa GaSa / Ga – Pa – Sa* – / Ga*– / Re*Sa* – / Ga– Ma(t) – Pa–
What so / proudly / we / hailed / at the / twilight’s / last / gleaming?
Pa Pa / Ga*– Re* / Sa* – / Ni – / Dha Ni / Sa* – Sa* – / Pa– / Ga– Sa–
Whose / broad stripes / and / bright stars / through the / perilous fight,
Pa– / Ga Sa / Sa* / Ni – Dha – / Ga*– Re* – / Dha – Ni – Sa* –
Over the / ram / parts we / watched, / were so / gallantly / streaming?
Pa Pa Pa / Ga*– / Re* Sa* – / Dha – / Dha Ni – / Sa* – Sa* – Pa– / Ga – Sa–
And the rocket’s / red / glare / the bombs / bursting in air,
Ga*Ga*Ga*– Ma*– / Pa* – / Ga*– / Ma*Ga*– / Re* – Ga*– Ma*–
Gave proof / through the / night / that our flag / was / still / there.
Ma*– Ga*– / Re* Sa* – / Ni – / Dha Ni Sa* – / Ga*– / Ma(t) – / Pa–
Oh say, / does / that star / spangled / banner / yet wave
Pa– Sa* – / Sa* – / Sa* Ni Dha – / Dha – Dha – / Re* – Ma*Ga*/ Re* Sa* Ni – Ni –
Over the / land / of the / free / and the / home / of the brave?
Pa Pa Pa / Sa* – / Re* Ga*/ Ma*– Pa* – / Ma* Ga*/ Re* – / Ni PaSa* –
O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,
’Tis the star-spangled banner – O long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov’d home and the war’s desolation!
Blest with vict’ry and peace may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv’d us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto – “In God is our trust,”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
