This doesn't contribute to the discussion in the least, but...awesome! I had no idea Sanskrit had solfege. I have a friend who's an incredibly talented Sri Lankan tenor...maybe I should ask him if he knows that system hehe
Isn't that a bit like wanting to learn Carnatic music but using "do re me" instead of "sa ri ga ma"? If he's learning western music, I'd use western terminology, at least for a student.
Also, "sa ri ga ma" can refer not only to straight-up notes, but scale notes with ornaments, eg. in a raga I learned, "ri" sounded like C#-E-C# and "dha" was G#-B-G#. In my opinion, they are not really referring to the same thing.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan uses "sa ri ga" in his singing, eg. uses those as syllables where western vocalists might use "shoo be doo" etc. He does devotional music from Pakistan. Kiran Ahluwalia I think uses the same syllables (but is in a different league than Nusrat, IMHO)
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The syllables are: Sa, Re/Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha/Da, Ni Sa.
Hope that helps!
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Also, "sa ri ga ma" can refer not only to straight-up notes, but scale notes with ornaments, eg. in a raga I learned, "ri" sounded like C#-E-C# and "dha" was G#-B-G#. In my opinion, they are not really referring to the same thing.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan uses "sa ri ga" in his singing, eg. uses those as syllables where western vocalists might use "shoo be doo" etc. He does devotional music from Pakistan. Kiran Ahluwalia I think uses the same syllables (but is in a different league than Nusrat, IMHO)
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