Ananda Chants
How to play each chant on harmonium • Purchase the Ananda Chants book.
• If you're a beginner, see bottom of this page!
• If you'd like ALL the mp3's, contact me here.
Invocations
Video Hymn to Brahma version 1-Sanskrit
Video Hymn to Brahma version 1-English
Video Hymn to Brahma version 2-traditional
Video Twameva Mata
Chants
Video AUM Kali (Click HERE, read note #2 about bump notes)
Video AUM Namo Bhagavate
Video AUM Namo Narayana
Video Blue Lotus Feet ***Note the new melody & timing***
Video Come Out of the Darkness, Mother (Click HERE, read note #2 about bump notes)
Video Door of My Heart, 3 part (Don't play chords in parentheses)
Video Door of My Heart (Don't play chords in parentheses)
Video Ever New Joy
Video Gioia, Gioia, Gioia
Video Father, Mother, Friend Our God, wedding version
Video Fill Me with the Sound of AUM
Video From Joy I Came (Click HERE, read note #2 about bump notes)
Video Govinda Jai Jai
Video Hare Krishna! Vieni Gesù!
Video How Shall I Love Thee?
Video Quanto Ti Amerò?
Video I Am But an Empty Vessel
Video I Am Free, updated 2012 by Kriyananda
Video I Am the Bubble, Make Me the Sea
Video I Awake in Thy Light
Video I Give Thee My Soul Call
Video I Want Only Thee (Click HERE, read note #2 about bump notes)
Video Voglio Solo Te
Video I Will Always Think of Thee
Video Quando Mi Sveglio
Video I Will Drink Thy Name
Video I Will Drink Thy Name, adapted by Kriyananda ***Note the optional harmony parts***
Video I Will Never Forget Thee (Listen, Listen, Listen)
Video I’m Determined No More to Play
Video In the Temple of Silence
Video Jai Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda
Video Light the Lamp of Thy Love
Video Lord, I Am Thine, key of C ***Note the optional harmony parts*** Video Hare Krishna! Vieni Gesù!
Video How Shall I Love Thee?
Video Quanto Ti Amerò?
Video I Am But an Empty Vessel
Video I Am Free, updated 2012 by Kriyananda
Video I Am the Bubble, Make Me the Sea
Video I Awake in Thy Light
Video I Give Thee My Soul Call
Video I Want Only Thee (Click HERE, read note #2 about bump notes)
Video Voglio Solo Te
Video I Will Always Think of Thee
Video Quando Mi Sveglio
Video I Will Drink Thy Name
Video I Will Drink Thy Name, adapted by Kriyananda ***Note the optional harmony parts***
Video I Will Never Forget Thee (Listen, Listen, Listen)
Video I’m Determined No More to Play
Video In the Temple of Silence
Video Jai Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda
Video Light the Lamp of Thy Love
Video Seguirò Sempre Te ***Click HERE, read note #1***
Video No Birth, No Death
Video O God Beautiful ***Note the new melody note on "sorrowful"***
Video Polestar of My Life
Video Rest in God
Video Reveal Thyself!
Video Rise in Freedom
Video Saint Teresa of Avila’s Admonition
Video Sri Gurudeva AUM
Video Sri Ram, Jai Ram version 1
Video Sri Ram, Jai Ram version 2
Video Sri Yogananda
Video Thou Art My Life
Video Thousands of Suns
Video Through All Trials
Video Thy Will, Not Mine
Video No Birth, No Death
Video O God Beautiful ***Note the new melody note on "sorrowful"***
Video Polestar of My Life
Video Rest in God
Video Reveal Thyself!
Video Rise in Freedom
Video Saint Teresa of Avila’s Admonition
Video Sri Gurudeva AUM
Video Sri Ram, Jai Ram version 1
Video Sri Ram, Jai Ram version 2
Video Sri Yogananda
Video Thou Art My Life
Video Thousands of Suns
Video Through All Trials
Video Thy Will, Not Mine
Video Today My Mind Has Dived
Video Vieni Presto Gesù / Come to Me, Jesus (Note how the drone needs to be mostly omitted)
Video What Is This Life? (Note that the chant is 2 pages, but in the book they're back-to-back, so you'll need to photocopy the 2nd page, or use 2 books.)
Video What Lightning Flash ***Note the new timing; plus different chords on both "in"s***
Video When I Awake
Video Where Is There Love? ***Note the new timing***
Video Who Is in My Temple? ***Note the new drone***
Video You Fill My Heart with Music
Video Vieni Presto Gesù / Come to Me, Jesus (Note how the drone needs to be mostly omitted)
Video What Is This Life? (Note that the chant is 2 pages, but in the book they're back-to-back, so you'll need to photocopy the 2nd page, or use 2 books.)
Video What Lightning Flash ***Note the new timing; plus different chords on both "in"s***
Video When I Awake
Video Where Is There Love? ***Note the new timing***
Video Who Is in My Temple? ***Note the new drone***
Video You Fill My Heart with Music
Video Il Mio Cuore
A Festival of Light
Video Thunder of AUM, The (Timing, 115 bpm)
Video You Remain Our Friend (Cm) (Timing, 68 bpm; melody played here, just for fun, but sing it a cappella)
Video You Remain Our Friend (Dm) (Timing, 68 bpm; melody played here, just for fun, but sing it a cappella)
Video Thy Light within Us Shining (Fm) (Timing, 80 bpm; a cappella)
Video Thy Light within Us Shining (Gm) (Timing, 80 bpm; a cappella)
Video Father, Mother, Friend, Our God (Timing, 96 bpm)
Video AUM Christ, Amen (Timing, 84 bpm)
Video Sing Out with Joy (Timing, 100 bpm)
Other Chants, not in the Ananda Chants book
Video Desire, My Great Enemy
A Festival of Light
Video Thunder of AUM, The (Timing, 115 bpm)
Video You Remain Our Friend (Cm) (Timing, 68 bpm; melody played here, just for fun, but sing it a cappella)
Video You Remain Our Friend (Dm) (Timing, 68 bpm; melody played here, just for fun, but sing it a cappella)
Video Thy Light within Us Shining (Fm) (Timing, 80 bpm; a cappella)
Video Thy Light within Us Shining (Gm) (Timing, 80 bpm; a cappella)
Video Father, Mother, Friend, Our God (Timing, 96 bpm)
Video AUM Christ, Amen (Timing, 84 bpm)
Video Sing Out with Joy (Timing, 100 bpm)
Other Chants, not in the Ananda Chants book
Video Desire, My Great Enemy
Video Divine Gypsy
For Beginners
NEW! Video What's Chanting, Why Do It, and How?
Video How to open & close your Bina 23-B portable harmonium
Video How to play harmonium "drone" notes
Video Should I play melody or chords on the harmonium?
Video Play "the easiest chant in the world" right now on your harmonium! (I Will Never Forget Thee--an easy "chord" version where you only move one finger!)
Click, Read Note #2 About using "bump notes" in chants to keep rhythm
Click, Read Note #3 How long should I play a chant?
Full Video Playlist
For Beginners
NEW! Video What's Chanting, Why Do It, and How?
Video How to open & close your Bina 23-B portable harmonium
Video How to play harmonium "drone" notes
Video Should I play melody or chords on the harmonium?
Video Play "the easiest chant in the world" right now on your harmonium! (I Will Never Forget Thee--an easy "chord" version where you only move one finger!)
Click, Read Note #2 About using "bump notes" in chants to keep rhythm
Click, Read Note #3 How long should I play a chant?
By Bharat Castelli, these excellent "how to play" harmonium tutorials for many chants:
Full Video Playlist
Full Video Playlist
And, his own playing of many chants:
By Tandava: Harmonium Chanting for Beginners online course, Check it out!
Also by Tandava, a wonderful 3-part video series from 2015:
--> Click HERE for handouts used during series
Video Harmonium for Beginners, Talk 1 of 3, 10/6/15
Video Harmonium for Beginners, Talk 2 of 3, 10/13/15
Video Harmonium for Beginners, Talk 3 of 3, 10/20/15
Also by Tandava, a wonderful 3-part video series from 2015:
--> Click HERE for handouts used during series
Video Harmonium for Beginners, Talk 1 of 3, 10/6/15
Video Harmonium for Beginners, Talk 2 of 3, 10/13/15
Video Harmonium for Beginners, Talk 3 of 3, 10/20/15
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