Welcome back to your Harmonium practice!

⏯ Welcome

In this section of the course, I will tell all my secret tips and tricks to come to a new level of playing! I will tell you about how to pump the bellows even better, how to create rhythm while playing and so much more!

⏯ Tips and Tricks: THE BELLOW

The voice is our instrument in the Bhakti tradition, the Harmonium is the help to support the voice, but with our voice we create melodies, nuances, and shape the whole experience. so warm up your voice go high and low and repeat before every lesson!

⏯ Voice Warm-Up

SA RE GA MA PA DHA NI SA. Learn the Indian scale, the equivalent to the western DO RE MI FA SOL LA TI DO, with me! So you can do your own voice warm ups on your harmonium and you already get some finger practice in!

In the PDF file attached to this lesson, you can find more infos and the keys on the harmonium.

📄 SA RE GA MA PA DHA NI SA

⏯ SA RE GA MA PA DHA NI SA Intro & Keys

One of my favorite Mantras. It's a Mantra to Sita, Ram and Hanuman, who are, in the trio, the embodiment of humbleness, devotion and love for each other, meaning the divine. Hanuman opens up his heart and literally finds Ram and Sita sitting there, full of devotion he serves them with humbleness and immeasurable strength at the same time. His heart is pure and filled with love. May we learn from him and may his qualities grow within us!

Find the chords we use for this Mantra in the PDF file. It will tell you where to find them on your Harmonium, the Sanskrit / Devanagri writing, the transliteration (how to pronounce it very correctly) and the phonetic transliteration (how to pronounce it easily) and finally the Interpretation of the Mantra!

In the PDF I also show you when to switch the chords and keys with color for those of you who need to see it rather than hear it. The Chords/Keys will be the same color as the part of the Mantra we are singing.

📄 Jaya Seeya Ram

⏯ Jaya Seeya Ram - Mantra & Chords

⏯ Jaya Seeya Ram - Call & Response

Ram is the kind of king that rules with kindness and compassion. The kind of king or queen we want in our lives and we want to embody for others. May this Mantra be a reminder for us that kindness and compassion (for others as well as ourselves) are not only necessary, but should be the pillars of our kingdoms, of our lives.

Find the chords we use for this Mantra in the PDF file. It will tell you where to  find them on your Harmonium, the Sanskrit / Devanagri writing, the transliteration (how to pronounce it very correctly) and the phonetic transliteration (how to pronounce it easily) and finally the Interpretation of the Mantra!

In the PDF I also show you when to switch the chords and keys with color for those of you who need to see it rather than hear it. The Chords/Keys will be the same color as the part of the Mantra we are singing.

📄 Rama Bolo

⏯ Rama Bolo - Mantra & Chords

⏯ Rama Bolo - Call & Response

This Mantra is chanted to invoke divine protection and peace within.

Krishna is the God, that is the embodiment of sweet and childlike love. Keshava is another name for Krishna, meaning the one with the beautiful hair. Pahimam means, 'I offer myself to you'.

Ram is the king that rules with kindness and compassion. Raghava is the family name of Ram, the one off the Raghu family. Rakshamam means 'please protect me'.

Find the chords we use for this Mantra in the PDF file. It will tell you where to  find them on your Harmonium, the Sanskrit / Devanagri writing, the transliteration (how to pronounce it very correctly) and the phonetic transliteration (how to pronounce it easily) and finally the Interpretation of the Mantra!

In the PDF I also show you when to switch the chords and keys with color for those of you who need to see it rather than hear it. The Chords/Keys will be the same color as the part of the Mantra we are singing.

📄 Krishna Keshava

⏯ Krishna Keshava - Mantra & Chords

⏯ Krishna Keshava - Call & Response

This Invocation Mantra to Lord Shiva, the lord of the Yogis, is talking about the true nature of shiva, of you and me. It is a reminder that we all are of this potential, and that all these qualities of truthfulness, absolute reality, consciousness, bliss, are within us, are Shiva, are us.

And as we offer ourselves into these qualities, may we be reminded of them within us and may they spread through us and grow into our being.

Find the chords we use for this Mantra in the PDF file. It will tell you where to  find them on your Harmonium, the Sanskrit / Devanagri writing, the transliteration (how to pronounce it very correctly) and the phonetic transliteration (how to pronounce it easily) and finally the Interpretation of the Mantra!

In the PDF I also show you when to switch the chords and keys with color for those of you who need to see it rather than hear it. The Chords/Keys will be the same color as the part of the Mantra we are singing.

📄 Om Namah Shivaya

⏯ Om Namah Shivaya - Mantra & Chords

⏯ Om Namah Shivaya - Call & Response

A Mantra that would traditionally be recited as a form of humble prayer to a teacher, within and without. And a reminder that we need to ask for help especially when roads get rocky and on the road to a truthful understanding of our mind and nature roads are bound to be rocky.

Let this be a reminder for yourself that you can ask for help! That when asking the right people (including yourself) you are only going to be stronger, more wise and with a deeper understanding afterwards.

Find the chords we use for this Mantra in the PDF file. It will tell you where to  find them on your Harmonium, the Sanskrit / Devanagri writing, the transliteration (how to pronounce it very correctly) and the phonetic transliteration (how to pronounce it easily) and finally the Interpretation of the Mantra!

In the PDF I also show you when to switch the chords and keys with color for those of you who need to see it rather than hear it. The Chords/Keys will be the same color as the part of the Mantra we are singing.

📄 Om Asatoma Sat Gamaya

⏯ Om Asatoma Sat Gamaya - Mantra & Chords

⏯ Om Asatoma Sat Gamaya - Call & Response

Hey Divine Mother, hear us, look after us and spread your wisdom and kindness over us!

We're ending our Course with this beautiful Mantra to the Divine Mother. She comes in all the shapes and disguises and in the end she will always be triumphant. Let's nurture this strength and softness, the warrior and mother within us, an recognizes these qualities with us and all sentient beings.

Find the chords we use for this Mantra in the PDF file. It will tell you where to  find them on your Harmonium, the Sanskrit / Devanagri writing, the transliteration (how to pronounce it very correctly) and the phonetic transliteration (how to pronounce it easily) and finally the Interpretation of the Mantra!

In the PDF I also show you when to switch the chords and keys with color for those of you who need to see it rather than hear it. The Chords/Keys will be the same color as the part of the Mantra we are singing.

📄 Hey Ma Durga

⏯ Hey Ma Durga - Mantra & Chords

⏯ Hey Ma Durga - Call & Response

Thank you for your dedication and participation. If you have questions of any kind, want to deepen your practice and the Harmonium Chants you learned in this course, feel free to reach out and set up a private lesson with me in Berlin, Munich or Online!

See you in the Creativity Course!

⏯ THANK YOU! ♥︎