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Old MacDonald Had a Farm — Harmonium Notes in Sargam
The favourite farmyard nursery rhyme in Sargam — a simple, repetitive major-scale tune that children love to play on the harmonium. Use this independently prepared lesson with the web harmonium, then check each phrase against a steady Sa.
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Old MacDonald Had a Farm harmonium notes
These Old MacDonald Had a Farm harmonium notes use a simple, repetitive major-scale melody, which makes the farmyard rhyme a great early song for children learning the harmonium. The whole tune stays in a Bilawal-like scale.
Song type: Children / Universal
Scale / raga reference: Bilawal-like
Level: Beginner
Old MacDonald Had a Farm Sargam notation
The Old MacDonald Sargam notation below is arranged with Sa = C. The "E-I-E-I-O" line repeats the same notes each time, so children can learn it quickly by ear and by Sargam together.
- Old MacDonald had a farm
S S S P | D D P- E-I-E-I-O
G G R R | S- And on his farm he had a cow
P S S S | P D D P- E-I-E-I-O
G G R R | S
Practice method for this lesson
For Old MacDonald on harmonium, teach the "E-I-E-I-O" answer phrase (Ga Ga Re Re Sa) first, since it repeats throughout. Then add the "Old MacDonald had a farm" call phrase.
A simple farmyard song for kids
Old MacDonald Had a Farm is a classic call-and-response nursery rhyme. Because the "E-I-E-I-O" phrase repeats, it is an easy and fun way for young players to practise landing back on Sa on the web harmonium.
Reading the notation: capitals are shuddh notes, lowercase are komal, Ḿ is tivra Ma, Ṡ is the upper Sa, a trailing dot (N.) is the lower octave, | separates phrases and - holds a note. New to Sargam? The harmonium notes guide maps every syllable to a key and a Western pitch.
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