SARANG KI VAR, in the Guru Granth Sahib, starts with the composition by Guru Ram Das on page 1237. The section has futher contributions from Guru Angad, Guru Nanak Dev, Guru Amar Das, Guru Arjan Dev. The whole of this bani is found on pages 1237 to 1251. It is set to be sung in Sarang raga and hence the tide "Sarang ki Var". Nine of the 22 vars included in the Guru Granth Sahib are composed in the musical mode of some of the current folk vars of those days, and Guru Arjan who compiled the Holy Book, recorded instructions as to the tune in which a particular varwas to be recited.