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Harmonium Kirtan Course Curriculum Easy Beginner Package Beginner Package Intermediate Package Advanced Package Essential Gaudiya Bhajans Package

Easy Beginner Package For Whom: ● People who want to play harmonium for bhajans or kirtan, but have had no formal training as such. Key learnings from course: ● After this course, students will be able to: ● Develop a better comfort level of using harmonium ● Develop confidence to lead kirtans for 15-20 mins on harmonium (or more, depending on capacity) ● Be able to do pranam mantras, Hare Krishna mahamantra tunes that you can use daily for your ​sadhana ● Develop a better memory bank for Hare Krishna melodies ● Be able to play a tune based on combination of audio & written sargam notation ● Have a better sense of navigating the harmonium keys ● Take up a customized level course for further advancement Curriculum: Week 1: ●

Pranam1 + Hare Krishna (4 up/down)

Week 2: ●

Pranam4 + Hare Krishna - based on Raag Asavari

Week 3: ●

Tune 1a - classic prabhupad tune - Hare Krishna

Week 4: ○ ○

Ga27 - Shri Ram Jai Ram (also works for Hare Krishna + Jai Jagannath) Ga25 - Hare Krishna (also works for Sri Ram Jai Ram + Jai Jagannath) Ga26 - Jaya Jagannath (also works for Hare Krishna + Shri Ram Jai Ram)

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Tune3 - Hare Krishna

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● Tune4 - Hare Krishna - Raag Darbari Part 1 ● Tune15 - Raag Bhairav - Morning (1 part) Week 7: ○ Tune5 - Hare Krishna Week 8: ○ Tune6 - 2 parts - Hare krishna Week 9: ○ Re55 - hare krishna - based on Jai Jai Radhe Jai Jai Shyam Week 10: ●

Tune 12 - 2 parts - Hare Krishna

Week 11: ○

Sa53 - hare krishna - simple

Week 12: ● Pa1 - Hare Krishna - Catchy Mayapur Tune Success Criteria: ● Overall quality of presentation ● Ability to influence heart of listener through devotion ● Absorption while singing ● Sense of rhythm/timing ● Consistency ● Playing the right notes ● Quality of singing ● Control of pace ● Single time/double time singing

Beginner Package For Whom: ● People who want to play harmonium for bhajans or kirtan, but have had no formal training as such. Key learnings from course: ● After this course, students will be able to: ● Develop a better taste for ​harinaam​ using harmonium ● Develop confidence to lead kirtans for 30-40 mins on harmonium (or more, depending on capacity) ● Be able to do pranam mantras, Hare Krishna mahamantra tunes and simple Gaudiya Vaishnav bhajans that you can use daily for your ​sadhana ● Develop a better memory bank for Hare Krishna melodies

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Develop a better sense of syncing singing/harmonium playing with mrindang & kartals Be able to play a tune based on combination of audio & written sargam notation Have a better sense of navigating the harmonium keys Be able to sing single time/double time & vary pace in kirtan Take up the intermediate level course for further advancement

Curriculum: Week 1: ● Pranam2 - based on Sansar Davanal​ and/or ● Pranam3 - very common - with Srila Prabhupad's Hare Krishna Tune Week 2: ●

Ma16 or Sa48 - hare krishna - Srila Prabhupad CD vintage collection

Week 3: ○ Ga46 - Hare krishna - Bhakta Shyam Berkeley - Raag Kalavati - Late night Week 4: ●

Re14 Narsimha pranam

Week 5: ● Tune 12 - 2 parts - Hare Krishna​ or ● Ma18 - hare krishna - Raag Darbari - Evening - Gopal iskcon dwarka​ or ● Re55 - hare krishna - based on Jai Jai Radhe Jai Jai Shyam​ or ● Re53 - simple tune for hare krishna, shri ram, jai jagannath Week 6: ●

Re41 - Damodarashtakam - version 1

Week 7: ○

Ga28 - Madhav prabhu - 2 parts

Week 8: ●

Jaya Radha Madhav Jaya Kunjabihari

Week 9: ○

Sa56 - hare krishna - Bayasgalan​ or

○ Pa1 - Hare Krishna - Catchy Mayapur Tune Week 10: ●

Gaur aarti

Week 11: ● Sa38 - hare krishna - simple Week 12: ● Sa4 - Hare Krishna - crowd singing Success Criteria: ● Overall quality of presentation ● Ability to influence heart of listener through devotion ● Absorption while singing ● Sense of rhythm/timing 3

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Consistency Playing the right notes Quality of singing Control of pace Single time/double time singing Sense of sync with mridangam & kartal

Intermediate Package For Whom: ● People who have graduated from beginner level course or at approximately at that level (adjudged through screening) ● Who want to advance further by learning more mahamantra tunes, learn multipart, longer kirtans or Gaudiya Bhajans Key learnings from course: ● After this course, students will be able to: ● Develop an even deeper taste for ​harinaam​ using harmonium ● Inspire others even better for kirtan ● Improve confidence to lead kirtans for 1 hour on harmonium (or more, depending on capacity) ● Improve Kirtan memory bank and utilize it for their ​Sadhana ● Develop capacity for doing multi-part kirtans ● Connect kirtans to each other for a smoother kirtan experience ● Play kirtans based on classical Indian raags ● Play more Gaudiya Bhajans ● Figure out simple tunes based on hearing ● Improve sense of varying pace, single time/double time, alternating between parts ● Potentially teach others beginner course ● Take up advanced course Curriculum: Week 1: ●

Tune14 - Chipkali (chords)​ or

○ Sa43 - hare krishna - chords - Raag chayanat - evening - East Europe tune Week 2: ●

Sansar davanal - Sri Gurvashtakam

Week 3: ●

Re20 - Hare Krishna - Bada Hari Das (Sa11 variation)

Week 4: ● Ga2 - Hare Krishna - Bhaktivedant Manor tune Week 5: 4

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Guru pooja Re20.mp4

Week 6: ● Pa2 Gaur Aarti.mp4 Week 7: ●

Jai Jai jagannath sachira nandan

Week 8: ●

Tulsi Pranam and Aarti - Namo Namah Tulasi Krishna Preyasi

Week 9: ● Hari haraya namah krishna yadavaay namah Week 10: ● Manasa Deho Geho Jo Kichu Mora Week 11: ● Sa13 - Hare Krishna - Rag Gujari Todi - Morning - Anant Nitai Das Week 12: ● Sa6 - Hare Krishna - Raag Mishra Bhopali - evening - Anant Nitai Das Week 13: ● Ma8 - Hare Krishna - Raag Puriya Dhanashree - Evening - Jagjit Singh Success Criteria: ● Overall quality of presentation ● Ability to influence heart of listener through devotion ● Absorption while singing ● Sense of rhythm/timing ● Consistency ● Quality of singing ● Control of pace ● Single time/double time singing ● Sense of sync with mridangam & kartal ● Ability to recall multiple tunes ● Ability to connect Kirtans together ● Ability to play multiple parts and alternate between them ● Ability to figure out tunes based on hearing

Advanced Package For Whom: ● People who have graduated from intermediate level course or at approximately at that level (adjudged through screening) ● Who want to advance further by learning more raag based mahamantra tunes, longer kirtans or Gaudiya Bhajans Key learnings from course: ● After this course, students will be able to: 5

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Develop an even deeper taste for raag based ​harinaam​ tunes using harmonium Inspire others even better for kirtan Improve confidence to lead kirtans for 2+ hour on harmonium (or more, depending on capacity) Improve Kirtan memory bank and utilize it for their ​Sadhana Figure out multi-part kirtans based on hearing Play more Gaudiya Bhajans Teach others beginner and intermediate level courses!

Curriculum: Week 1: ●

Sa26 - Hare Krishna - Raag Kalavati - Midnight - Radha Raman Temple Vrindavan

Week 2: ●

Re34 - Hare Krishna Kirtan - Raag Yaman - Late Evening/Night - Pitambari baba Vrindavan

Week 3: ●

Re34 - Hare Krishna Kirtan - Raag Yaman - Late Evening/Night - Pitambari baba Vrindavan​ ​continued

Week 4: ● Re33 - Hare Krishna - Raag Bhopali - 6-9pm - Pitambari Baba Vrindavan Week 5: ○ Re33 - Hare Krishna - Raag Bhopali - 6-9pm - Pitambari Baba Vrindavan​ continued Week 6: ●

Re29 - Hare Krishna - Raag Prabhat - Swaroop Damodar Prabhu

Week 7: ● Sa23 - Hare Krishna - Raag Shivranjini - Late Night/Midnight - Anant Nitai Das Week 8: ●

Sa23 - Hare Krishna - Raag Shivranjini - Late Night/Midnight - Anant Nitai Das

continued Week 9: ●

Sa19 - Hare Krishna - Raag Bhairavi (version 2) - Late Morning - Anant Nitai Das

Week 10: ●

Sa19 - Hare Krishna - Raag Bhairavi (version 2) - Late Morning - Anant Nitai Das

continued Week 11: ● Ga17 - Hare Krishna - Raag Sughrai - Afternoon - Anant Nitai Das Week 12: ● Ni3 - Hare Krishna - Raag Marwa from Barsana - Dusk - Anant Nitai Das Week 13: ● Ni5 - Hare Krishna - Raag Malkhaus (version 2) - Late Night/Midnight Week 14: ● Ga22 - Hare Krishna - Raag Kafi/Mishra Kafi - Late evening - Anant Nitai Das Week 15: 6

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Dha9 - Hare krishna - Raag Yaman - Radha Raman temple

Success Criteria: ● Overall quality of presentation ● Ability to influence heart of listener through devotion ● Absorption while singing ● Sense of rhythm/timing ● Consistency ● Quality of singing ● Control of pace ● Single time/double time singing ● Sense of sync with mridangam & kartal ● Ability to recall multiple tunes ● Ability to connect Kirtans together ● Ability to play multiple parts and alternate between them ● Ability to figure out tunes based on hearing

Essential Gaudiya Bhajans Package For Whom: ● For devotees who want to play frequently played bhajans for enhancing their daily sadhana Key learnings from course: ● After this course, students will be able to: ● Develop a sweeter taste for ​leading gaudiya bhajans​ using harmonium ● Develop confidence to lead kirtans for 30-40 mins on harmonium (or more, depending on capacity) ● Develop a better sense of syncing singing/harmonium playing with mrindang & kartals ● Have a better sense of navigating the harmonium keys ● Take up intermediate level course for further advancement Curriculum: Week 1: ● Guru pooja Re20.mp4 Week 2: ●

Sansar davanal lidha loka - Sri Gurvashtakam - Morning sandhya tune

Week 3: ● Gaur aarti Week 4: ●

Jaya Radha Madhav Jaya Kunjabihari

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Week 5: ●

Re14 Narsimha pranam

Week 6: ●

Tulsi Pranam and Aarti - Namo Namah Tulasi Krishna Preyasi

Week 7: ○

Re41 - Damodarashtakam - version 1

Week 8: ●

Ni14 - Jagannath ashtakam

Week 9: ○

Gauranga karuna Koro

Week 10: ●

Jai Radhe Jai Krishna Jai Vrindavan

Week 11: ● Sri krishna chaitanya prabhu doya Koro more Week 12: ● Naadiya Godrume Nityanand Mahajan Success Criteria: ● Overall quality of presentation ● Ability to influence heart of listener through devotion ● Absorption while singing ● Sense of rhythm/timing ● Consistency ● Playing the right notes ● Quality of singing ● Control of pace ● Single time/double time singing ● Sense of sync with mridangam & kartal

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