Salutations to the Goddess
Replay of Online Harmonium & Singing Class to learn the Yā Devī Goddess Hymn
with Sheela Bringi & Brent Kuecker
In this class you will:
- get oriented to the Harmonium's keyboard
- be introduced to the building blocks of Indian melody, and learn the first five svaras (notes).
- sing/play 7 verses of the Yā Devī Goddess hymn
- learn about the meaning, and practice the pronunciation
- sing devī kīrtan with Sheela, Brent and Puja
Timestamps:
0:00 - invocation to goddess sarasvatī
1:32 - welcome & intro to Sheela and Brent
4:00 - what we’re doing in this class
4:40 - intro to Puja
6:30 - learn about the Yā Devī Stuti (hymn)
9:20 - centering and oṃs
15:20 - orientation to the Harmonium’s keyboard
23:00 - how to find “Sa” in the key of C
24:25 - orient to “home position” in this key
26:15 - about svara and sargam
svara (note / tone); sargam (name of the Indian solfege system)
29:50 - warm up the voice with A U M
32:25 - sing Sa, Re, Ga, ma, Pa
35:40 - play Sa, Re, Ga, ma, Pa
Yā Devī
39:50 - orientation to the three ways of playing this chant that you will learn today:
- drone
- melody
- dyads
40:50 - translation & lyrics/pronunciation
48:30 - play a drone and learn the hymn
53:49 - learn the melody
59:27 - learn the dyads
1:08:48 - sing/play all 7 verses with Sheela & Brent
pick the way you are going play (drone, melody or dyads) or try all 3!
Sheela demonstrates all three ways
1:20:00 - learn how to go deeper with Sheela and Brent this Summer in the Sacred Sound Lab
devī kīrtan
1:23:35 - bhajamana mā
1:34:45 - durge jai jai mā
1:41:37 - sing/play the 7 verses of Yā Devī with Sheela & Brent (full practice uninterrupted)
pick the way you are going play (drone, melody or dyads) or try all 3! Sheela demonstrates all three ways
1:46:34 - closing prayers
