Cosmic Chant

Where Is There Love

Harmonium
80 BPM
English
Primary Recording
In time · 80 BPM · English
About this chant

This is an old Bengali chant, included in Cosmic Chants in translation.

Song Form

A: In this world, Mother, no one can love me. In this world they do not know how to love me. x2
B: Where is there pure loving love? Where is there truly loving me?
C: There my soul longs to be, there my soul longs to be.
(repeat B and C) x2

The Cosmic Chants book writes A in 2/4 and 3/4 bars, and B and C in 3/4.

Notes

  • A natural section to repeat extra is B and C, repeating them together in multiples of 2x, like the standard song form.

  • A natural way to end is to repeat the C section several times while fading quieter.

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Details
Rhythm
Mixed 4/4 & 6/4

In-time chants using combinations of 4/4 and 6/4 time signatures

Difficulty

2 / 5

Tamboura Key

Cm (C, G)