Puthu vellai mazhai (yeh haseen) on Guitar

Puthu vellai mazhai song from A R Rahman's Roja being played as solo on the guitar, the way it is sung.

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Simple downstrokes chords were added to the solo to add to the context. You can find Raga Chords and Rhythm Guitar resources at Ragacourses.com

Finding chords for the song from the melody notes is explained in these two videos

Pudhu vellai mazhai ingu pozhigindradhu

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Indha kollai nila udal nanaigindradhu

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Ingu sollaadha idam kooda kulirgindradhu

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Manam soodana idam thedi alaigindradhu

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Nadhiyae nee aanaal karai naanae

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Siru paravai nee aanaal un vaanam naanae

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A R Rahman Chords used in Puthu Vellai Mazhai (Yeh Haseen)

In the first video, we will go through the process of finding chords for Puthu Vellai Mazhai (yeh haseen) on our own, from the melody notes of the song.

The second video shows you the note to chord relationship that is the basis for finding chords for songs or ragas.

Swaras Notes, how to on Guitar (singers can use too)

Swaras for each move of the ARRahman song Puthu Vellai Mazhai has been written and shown on the guitar. The swaras have been written clearly with rules avoiding ambiguity, that will help you play them without doubt.

Click to see or download Swaras for each syllable of Lyrics (PDF).

In the PDF, the swaras have been written so that:

any two swaras without a space in between be played with one hit and the remaining as slur (slide/hammer-on/pull-off). e.g. mp is a hit on ma, slide to pa. But m p is a hit each on ma and pa.
Higher octave S, R, G are written in capital letters. Regular octave is srgmpdn. Lower octave is n’ d’ p’ etc written with swara and a ‘.

Substitute the swaras with the notes to play it on any of the 12 pitches.

Below video shows how they are played on the guitar.

Puthu vellai mazhai/yeh haseen simple slides tabs

Puthu vellai mazhai/yeh haseen simpler tabs

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The Varanam Aayiram movie song Nenjukkul Peythidum is a good song to start playing immediately after you are familiar with the C major scale on the bottom 3 strings (see the first link on that page). Please use the form below to subscribe and get the tab file (image) + future updates and other useful stuff related to playing Indian Raga and Film song on Guitar. Great teachers agree that “Right practice makes perfect”. The how to play and what to play can be connected in almost anything you play, that the simplest of lullabies when played right will teach you the right ‘How to’ of playing guitar well for ever. Below is a video that explains the complete song played as lead on a guitar (I have played in on Acoustic nylon string. You may play it using the same moves on a steel string or electric guitar). Swaras have been given for each move. See this video for a non slide Beginner open string version of Nenjukkul Peythidum Rhythm playing for the song explained in these videos The song is in the major scale. For ease, we will play the song in the C major scale, using C as the Sa, the root note. This way you will be able to use your knowledge of the C major scale notes to play a real song. This will help you connect your understanding of scales deeper with the practical application of it. Building blocks -> arranged as needed -> song constructed.

learn and remember the fret/string positions for the C major scale. Remember the frets for notes of the C major scale on the 1st 2nd and 3rd strings. 1st is the bottom-most thinnest string.
use these fret/string positions only to play the song, consciously making sure and realizing that we are using only those notes on the three strings.

TABs Detailed Nenjukkul Peithidum

Pallavi

Charanam

(Beginners) C major scale to playing songs in the C major scale open position

To start with, if you are a beginner, the process can be made even simpler. Just play on the first few frets of the guitar using the C major scale open position (more about the positions, notes, strings, using the C major scale etc).

Remember the C major scale in the basic position.
Use the notes of the song to play only in that position.
Later as you get better with finding the notes, connect the notes with slides etc.

nenjukkul peythidum simple beginner guitar tabs

Use the following string/fret positions to play the song based on the notes. Let me know if you need more explanation on the topic (please use the contact form). s = 2nd string 1st fret r = 2nd string 3rd fret g = 1st string open p = 0pen 3rd string. except for O shanthi part, where p = 1st string 3rd fret d = 3rd string 2nd fret n = 2nd string open nenjukkuL peythidum mamazhai neerukkuL moozhkidum thamarai s s r r r s r g s d d s s s r n d p sattendru maruthu vaanilai penne un mel pizhai p p n n n s d s r n n s r g r nillamal veesidum peralai nenjukkuL neenthidum tharagai s s r r r s r g s d d s s s r n d p ponvannam soodiya karighai penne nee kanchanai p p n n n s d n sr n n s d p r o shanthi shanthi o shanthi en uyirai uyirai nee yendhi rg m pm g s r p p rg mm pm gg s sr g r yen sendrai sendrai enai thandi ini neethan endhan andhadhi rg m pm g s rr dp p rg m pm g s sr g r (nenjukkuL) stanza 1: yedho ondru ennai eerkka mookkin nuni marmam serkka s s n s d s n d p s s n s d s n d p kaLLaTHanam yedhum illa punnagaiyo bogan villa s s n sn s d s n d p s s n s d s d p nee nindra idamendral vilai yeri pogatho sr g r gg g g r g p g r r r nee sellum vazhiyellam panikkatti aagatho sr g r g g g g r g p g rr r ennodu va veedu varaikkum r r s rsrs d s r s s en veettai par ennai pidikkum r r s rsr sd s r s s (notes similar to o shanthi…) ivaL yaro yaro theriyadhe ivaL pinnal nenje pogadhe iru poiyo meiyo theriyathe ivaL pinnal nenje pogadhe