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 mp3 Hymn to Brahma version 1-Sanskrit
Video mp3 Hymn to Brahma version 1-English
Video mp3 Hymn to Brahma version 2-traditional
Video mp3 Twameva Mata
Chants
Video mp3 AUM Kali (Click HERE, read note #2 about bump notes)
Video mp3 AUM Namo Bhagavate
Video mp3 AUM Namo Narayana
Video mp3 Blue Lotus Feet ***Note the new melody & timing***
Video mp3 Come Out of the Darkness, Mother (Click HERE, read note #2 about bump notes)
Video mp3 Door of My Heart, 3 part (Don't play chords in parentheses)
Video mp3 Door of My Heart (Don't play chords in parentheses)
Video mp3 Ever New Joy
Video mp3 Gioia, Gioia, Gioia
Video mp3 Father, Mother, Friend Our God, wedding version
Video mp3 Fill Me with the Sound of AUM
Video mp3 From Joy I Came (Click HERE, read note #2 about bump notes)
Video mp3 Govinda Jai Jai
Video mp3 Hare Krishna! Vieni Gesù!
Video mp3 How Shall I Love Thee?
Video mp3 Quanto Ti Amerò?
Video mp3 I Am But an Empty Vessel
Video mp3 I Am Free, updated 2012 by Kriyananda
Video mp3 I Am the Bubble, Make Me the Sea
Video mp3 I Awake in Thy Light
Video mp3 I Give Thee My Soul Call
Video mp3 I Want Only Thee (Click HERE, read note #2 about bump notes)
Video mp3 Voglio Solo Te
Video mp3 I Will Always Think of Thee
Video mp3 Quando Mi Sveglio
Video mp3 I Will Drink Thy Name
Video mp3 I Will Drink Thy Name, adapted by Kriyananda ***Note the optional harmony parts***
Video mp3 I Will Never Forget Thee (Listen, Listen, Listen)
Video mp3 I’m Determined No More to Play
Video mp3 In the Temple of Silence
Video mp3 Jai Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda
Video mp3 Light the Lamp of Thy Love
Video mp3 Lord, I Am Thine, key of C ***Note the optional harmony parts*** Video mp3 Hare Krishna! Vieni Gesù!
Video mp3 How Shall I Love Thee?
Video mp3 Quanto Ti Amerò?
Video mp3 I Am But an Empty Vessel
Video mp3 I Am Free, updated 2012 by Kriyananda
Video mp3 I Am the Bubble, Make Me the Sea
Video mp3 I Awake in Thy Light
Video mp3 I Give Thee My Soul Call
Video mp3 I Want Only Thee (Click HERE, read note #2 about bump notes)
Video mp3 Voglio Solo Te
Video mp3 I Will Always Think of Thee
Video mp3 Quando Mi Sveglio
Video mp3 I Will Drink Thy Name
Video mp3 I Will Drink Thy Name, adapted by Kriyananda ***Note the optional harmony parts***
Video mp3 I Will Never Forget Thee (Listen, Listen, Listen)
Video mp3 I’m Determined No More to Play
Video mp3 In the Temple of Silence
Video mp3 Jai Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda
Video mp3 Light the Lamp of Thy Love
Video mp3 Seguirò Sempre Te ***Click HERE, read note #1***
Video mp3 No Birth, No Death
Video mp3 O God Beautiful ***Note the new melody note on "sorrowful"***
Video mp3 Polestar of My Life
Video mp3 Rest in God
Video mp3 Reveal Thyself!
Video mp3 Rise in Freedom
Video mp3 Saint Teresa of Avila’s Admonition
Video mp3 Sri Gurudeva AUM
Video mp3 Sri Ram, Jai Ram version 1
Video mp3 Sri Ram, Jai Ram version 2
Video mp3 Sri Yogananda
Video mp3 Thou Art My Life
Video mp3 Thousands of Suns
Video mp3 Through All Trials
Video mp3 Thy Will, Not Mine
Video mp3 No Birth, No Death
Video mp3 O God Beautiful ***Note the new melody note on "sorrowful"***
Video mp3 Polestar of My Life
Video mp3 Rest in God
Video mp3 Reveal Thyself!
Video mp3 Rise in Freedom
Video mp3 Saint Teresa of Avila’s Admonition
Video mp3 Sri Gurudeva AUM
Video mp3 Sri Ram, Jai Ram version 1
Video mp3 Sri Ram, Jai Ram version 2
Video mp3 Sri Yogananda
Video mp3 Thou Art My Life
Video mp3 Thousands of Suns
Video mp3 Through All Trials
Video mp3 Thy Will, Not Mine
Video mp3 Today My Mind Has Dived
Video mp3 Vieni Presto Gesù / Come to Me, Jesus (Note how the drone needs to be mostly omitted)
Video mp3 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 mp3 What Lightning Flash ***Note the new timing; plus different chords on both "in"s***
Video mp3 When I Awake
Video mp3 Where Is There Love? ***Note the new timing***
Video mp3 Who Is in My Temple? ***Note the new drone***
Video mp3 You Fill My Heart with Music
Video mp3 Vieni Presto Gesù / Come to Me, Jesus (Note how the drone needs to be mostly omitted)
Video mp3 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 mp3 What Lightning Flash ***Note the new timing; plus different chords on both "in"s***
Video mp3 When I Awake
Video mp3 Where Is There Love? ***Note the new timing***
Video mp3 Who Is in My Temple? ***Note the new drone***
Video mp3 You Fill My Heart with Music
Video mp3 Il Mio Cuore
A Festival of Light
Video mp3 Thunder of AUM, The (Timing, 115 bpm)
Video mp3 You Remain Our Friend (Cm) (Timing, 68 bpm; melody played here, just for fun, but sing it a cappella)
Video mp3 You Remain Our Friend (Dm) (Timing, 68 bpm; melody played here, just for fun, but sing it a cappella)
Video mp3 Thy Light within Us Shining (Fm) (Timing, 80 bpm; a cappella)
Video mp3 Thy Light within Us Shining (Gm) (Timing, 80 bpm; a cappella)
Video mp3 Father, Mother, Friend, Our God (Timing, 96 bpm)
Video mp3 AUM Christ, Amen (Timing, 84 bpm)
Video mp3 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 mp3 Thunder of AUM, The (Timing, 115 bpm)
Video mp3 You Remain Our Friend (Cm) (Timing, 68 bpm; melody played here, just for fun, but sing it a cappella)
Video mp3 You Remain Our Friend (Dm) (Timing, 68 bpm; melody played here, just for fun, but sing it a cappella)
Video mp3 Thy Light within Us Shining (Fm) (Timing, 80 bpm; a cappella)
Video mp3 Thy Light within Us Shining (Gm) (Timing, 80 bpm; a cappella)
Video mp3 Father, Mother, Friend, Our God (Timing, 96 bpm)
Video mp3 AUM Christ, Amen (Timing, 84 bpm)
Video mp3 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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