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Cymbal patterns in 3/4 time, shown with I Am the Bubble.
Cymbal patterns in 4/4 time, shown with At Thy Feet.
Double-time cymbal patterns in 4/4 time.
Listen to SRF Recordings Videos on YouTube 2025 Convocation Nuns' Kirtan (Sr. Premamayee) 2020 Convocation Nuns' Kirtan (3-hour) Audio Recordings Amaraguru Yog…
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,…
This is a commonly played chant in SRF, but quite difficult to render accurately, due to the mix of time signatures and melodic intricacies. To play it accurat…
Cymbal patterns for Blue Lotus Feet.
This guide is a reading list of publicly available Self-Realization Fellowship publications that discuss devotional chanting and kirtan. It does not reprint th…
This Guide is about choosing a key when you lead a chant in an SRF group setting, so a congregation can sing it comfortably, and about keeping the melody in sh…
This is a relatively simple chant because it is not long and has only three sections. The challenge is singing the pitches accurately for the chromatic notes,…
Listen to SRF Recordings Audio Recordings Come, Listen to My Soul Song (Bro. Kamalananda), from the album Thy Heart of Hearts Spotify · Apple Music · Tidal
This Guide gives general cymbal and bell patterns for kirtan in SRF contexts. In the charts, o = open and – = muted. See also the Percussionist Aptitudes for K…
Cymbal Pattern #1. For full details on all the patterns, see the guide Cymbal & Bell Patterns for Kirtan .
Cymbal Pattern #2. For full details on all the patterns, see the guide Cymbal & Bell Patterns for Kirtan .
Cymbal Pattern #3. For full details on all the patterns, see the guide Cymbal & Bell Patterns for Kirtan .
Cymbal Pattern #4. For full details on all the patterns, see the guide Cymbal & Bell Patterns for Kirtan .
Cymbal Pattern #5. For full details on all the patterns, see the guide Cymbal & Bell Patterns for Kirtan .
Cymbal Pattern #6. For full details on all the patterns, see the guide Cymbal & Bell Patterns for Kirtan .
Cymbal Pattern #7. For full details on all the patterns, see the guide Cymbal & Bell Patterns for Kirtan .
Dawn Chant is well known and often sung in SRF. Its point of view is unusual: the one chanting speaks as God, or as Divine Mother, to the devotee. You can see…
This is an old Bengali chant, included in Cosmic Chants in translation. Listen to SRF Recordings Videos on YouTube 2021 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (90-minute) 2…
This Bengali song was often chanted by Paramahansaji’s guru, Sri Yukteswarji. Listen to SRF Recordings Audio Recordings Desire, My Great Enemy, from the album…
Listen to SRF Recordings Audio Recordings Divine Gypsy (Bro. Devananda), from the album I Will Sing Thy Name Spotify · Apple Music · Tidal Divine Gypsy (instru…
This is an old Bengali chant, included in Cosmic Chants in translation. Listen to SRF Recordings Videos on YouTube 2021 Convocation YSS Monks' Kirtan at Smriti…
This is a very difficult and beautiful chant that requires practice and development to navigate the varying time signatures. It can be done in kirtan, but beca…
This is an old Bengali chant, included in Cosmic Chants in translation. Song Form A: Door of my heart, open wide I keep for Thee. x2 B: Wilt Thou come, wilt Th…
Ever New Joy is a simple chant with a short phrase repeated in two different registers. The challenge is establishing a natural pattern of repeats in the lower…
Listen to SRF Recordings Videos on YouTube 2025 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (3-hour) Audio Recordings From This Sleep, Lord (Bro. Kamalananda), from the album Th…
God of Beauty is a simple chant with a moderate, relaxed rhythmic flow and a lullaby-like quality. Its repetition allows the gentle rhythm, sweet melody, and d…
Listen to SRF Recordings Videos on YouTube 2021 Convocation Nuns' Kirtan (Sr. Premamayee) 2020 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (Br. Bhaskarananda) 2020 Convocation Y…
Listen to SRF Recordings Videos on YouTube 2025 Convocation Nuns' Kirtan (90-minute)
Listen to SRF Recordings Videos on YouTube 2022 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (Br. Bhaskarananda) 2020 Convocation Nuns' Kirtan (3-hour) Audio Recordings Hare Kris…
This Guide gives the key aptitudes needing for the Kirtan Leader, who plays harmonium and sings the chant, in order to lead kirtan in SRF contexts. Role of the…
The harmonium is a gentle, welcoming instrument, and you can begin with no musical background at all. This guide walks you through the first steps: sitting at…
Listen to SRF Recordings Videos on YouTube 2024 Convocation Nuns' Kirtan (Sr. Premamayee) 2020 Convocation Nuns' Kirtan (Sr. Premamayee) He Bhagavan (Sankirtan…
Listen to SRF Recordings Videos on YouTube 2021 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (Bro. Devananda) 2021 Convocation Nuns' Kirtan (Sr. Premamayee), sung as "Jai Guru, J…
He Who Knows is a very short chant, a single line in mixed meter. Cosmic Chants marks it Free and gives no metronome marking, but it is natural to sing it in t…
A strong repertoire is the foundation of meaningful group kirtan. Rather than chasing variety, the goal is depth — a modest set of chants that your group knows…
Many chant pages on this site include a Song Form . It is a short map of the chant: which lines are sung, in what order, and how many times. This Guide explain…
It is helpful for a kirtan leader to tune into the needs of the congregation, to be of greatest service to the attendees Desires of the congregation attending…
The words of this chant are those of an ancient Sanskrit temple chant. Cosmic Chants prints the Sanskrit words with an English adaptation sung to the same melo…
I Am Om has three sections. It’s important to memorize the order of the Om lines: “Om, Om, I am Om,” “Omnipresence, I am Om,” “All pervading, I am Om,” and “Al…
This is a very well-known and commonly played chant in SRF contexts. It is best played in a relaxed tempo, but tempo variations can be used to build energy and…
I Am the Sky has a special place among the Cosmic Chants. Cosmic Chants (p. 21) tells us: “Paramahansa Yogananda and Rajarsi Janakananda, a great American disc…
Listen to SRF Recordings Videos on YouTube 2020 Convocation Nuns' Kirtan (3-hour) 2021 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (3-hour) Audio Recordings I Give You My Soul C…
Listen to SRF Recordings Videos on YouTube I Will Be Thine Always (YSS monastics) 2023 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (90-minute) Audio Recordings I Will Be Thine A…
As written in Cosmic Chants , this chant is only one section—“I will sing Thy Name, I will drink Thy Name, And get all drunk, oh, with Thy Name.” In SRF contex…
Cymbal patterns for I Will Sing Thy Name.
Listen to SRF Recordings Audio Recordings In Samadhi, from the album In the Temple of My Heart Spotify · Apple Music · Tidal
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