Tamil Piano Notes Page

| Tonic (Sa) | Western Note | |------------|---------------| | C | C | | D | D | | G | G | | A | A |

1. Introduction Tamil film music (Kollywood) and classical Carnatic songs have a unique melodic structure. While Western piano uses 12 equal semitones , Tamil songs are typically based on 7 relative notes (Sa, Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Da, Ni). This paper provides a systematic method to convert any Tamil song into piano notes. 2. The Foundation: Sargam to Western Notes In Carnatic music, the scale is movable (relative pitch). For a piano, we fix a Sruti (tonic). Choose your Sa (Shadjamam) as any white or black key. Common choices for beginners: tamil piano notes

"Vaseegara" (from Minnale ) – opening line: | Tonic (Sa) | Western Note | |------------|---------------|

Lyrics: "Ennavale… adi ennavale…"