mOhan ki muraLiya bAje . . .

I was excited to receive a notation request for “mOhan ki muraLiya bAje” from the movie “mELA”. This is a beautiful vintage song composed by Naushad. Please note that although I have tried to make the notations as detailed as possible, you can always enhance it through the unique nuances that your instrument can bring out.

Original scale: G# (G-Sharp will be chosen as the "Sa" or 's' in Indian notation)

Notes used in this song: (Keys and their corresponding swara name):

Western Keys	B	C	D#	F	F#	G	G#	A#	B	C
Indian Swaras	g2	m1	p	d2	n*	n2	s	r2	g2	m1

The Blue colored notes represent the top “Sa” and the notes above it. Also notice the n* which is the small “Ni” that happens only rarely in this song.

If you don't understand what these notes or notations mean, please refer: Notation Basics

I have changed the row order to Indian swaras - Lyrics - Western notes, as suggested by some. Underlined notes move in double the speed. [An e.g. that can explain this is: The length of “p - d p” and “p-dp p-dp” are the same]

Intro (swaras) on Flute:

- - - -	- - m g	m p p p	g p p ,	p d s n	d , d p	d s , ,	, , s,rs
n,sn d,nd	p , m g	m p p p	p d n* d	p , , ,	p , d p	d p, d	p ,

Singing starts here:

							- - m g
							- - mo -
							- - C B
m p p p	g p p -	p d s n	d - d p	d s - -	- - s,rs	n,sn d,n*d	p - m g
han ki mu	raLiya -	ba - - -	je - - -	O - - -	- - - -	- - - -	- - sun
C D# D# D#	B D# D# -	D# F G# G	F - F D#	F G# - -	- - G#-A# G#	G-G#G F-F#F	D# - C B
m p p p	p d n* d	p - - -	p - m g	m p p p	g p p ,	p d s n	d - d p
the - s ji	yape more	la - - -	ge- mo-	han ki mu	raLiya -	ba - - -	je - - -
C D# D# D#	D# F F# F	D# - - -	- - C B	C D# D# D#	B D# D# -	D# F G# G	F - F D#
d s - -	- - s,rs	n,sn d,n*d	p - m g	m p p p	p d n d	p - - -	p - - -
O - - -	- - - -	- - - -	- - sun	the - s ji	ya pe more	la - - -	ge - - -
F G# - -	- - G#-A# G#	G-G#G F-F#F	D# - C B	C D# D# D#	D# F F# F	D# - - -	D# - - -

Let's go on to the next section.
Interlude (swaras):

g m p ,

d n p ,

d n s ,

n d p ,

d n s r

g , , ,

Next section: (Reminder: blue notes are on the higher octave / Sa and above)

g , g g	g , g g	r , r g	r s s,	r g g g	r s s ,	s r s n	, , , ,
doo - r ko	i - mura	li - ki -	dhun par	gee-th mi	lan ke -	ga - ye -	- - - -
B - B B	B - B B	A# - A# B	A# G# G# -	A# B B B	A# G# G# -	G# A# G# G	- - - -
p s s ,	s , s ,	r g m g	r s s,rs	n , d d	d p ndp,	p , p ,	, , m g
jaa - ne -	wa - le -	yaad me	te - ri -	neend na	muj ko -	aa - ye -	- - ja b
D# G# G# -	G# - G# -	A# B C B	A# G# G#-A#G#	G - F F	F D# GFD#	D# - D# -	- - C B
m p p p	g p p -	p d s n	d - d p	d s - -	- - s,rs	n,sn d,n*d	p - m g
chai-n se	du ni ya -	so - - -	ye - ho -	- - - -	- - - -	- - - -	- - e k
C D# D# D#	B D# D# -	D# F G# G	F - F D#	F G# - -	- - G#-A# G#	G-G#G F-F#F	D# - C B
m p p p	p d n* d	p - - -	p - m g	m p p p	g p p ,	p d s n	d - d p
biraha ka	mara man	ja - - -	ge - mo -	han ki mu	raliya -	ba - - -	je - - -
C D# D# D#	D# F F# F	D# - - -	- - C B	C D# D# D#	B D# D# -	D# F G# G	F - F D#

From here, continue on to “sun thes jiya pe more laage” as in the first section. The next stanzas (“Raat kahe” and “Lootin baharen”) have almost the same tune as “door koi murali ki dhun par”. You may use the same notations with a slight variation in each case in order to suit the lyrics. Let me know if anything here needs more clarity. Have fun with “mohan ki muraLiya”!