Sargam (from SA-RE-GA-MA), a technique for the teaching of sight-singing, is the Hindustani or North Indian equivalent to the western solfege.
Sargam is practiced against a drone and the emphasis is not on the scale but on the intervals, thus it may be considered just intonation.
The notes, or swar, are Shadj, Rishabh, Gandhara, Madhyam, Pancham, Dhaivat, Nishad.
When singing these become Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni, and sargam stands for "Sa-Re-Ga-Ma".
In some notation systems, the distinction is made with capital and lowercase letters.