Cosmic Chant

At Thy Feet

Harmonium
144 BPM
English
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In time · 144 BPM · EnglishThis recording conveys melody-only, at the tempo as-written in the Cosmic Chants book
At Thy Feet (melody only, 144 bpm)Harmonium · 144 BPM · English
At Thy Feet (chords, 144 bpm)Harmonium · 144 BPM · English
About this chant

This chant is very similar to Door of My Heart in melody, but has a different song form. Each line is repeated twice except for the line "In secret in my soul, I will gather blossoms for Thee" which is only repeated once.

Song Form

A Listen to my soul song, listen to my heart song! x2

B In secret, in my soul, I will gather blossoms for Thee.

C Dipping them in devotion, I will lay them at Thy feet. x2

Notes

  • Each line is 4 bars in 4/4, so the length of the form is 20 bars.

  • Be sure to repeat the C section twice in the standard form; it is a common mistake to miss that.

  • A suitable section to repeat, after doing the standard form several times, is to go from the end of the form back to B and then sing it to the end (in other words, B x1 and C x2 as a repeated loop).

  • To end the chant, repeating the A section while getting quieter is effective.

  • Another way to end is to repeat the C section several times, ending on "at Thy feet."

  • For adept leaders in a kirtan with a cohesive percussion energy that is building, repeating the first half of C 3x followed by the second half of C once can occasionally be used as a section to repeat for emphasis and deepening.

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Rhythm
Straight 4/4

In-time chants in 4/4 time signature

Difficulty

1 / 5

Tamboura Key

Em (E, B)