Singing the scale degrees of Ganapati Om
Learn How to Play the Saraswati Invocation: Cm Bb Cm
See flipside of your Saraswati Invocation page for score and chord change timing.
Practice Hare Krishna: various tempos and kirtan cues
If you’re practicing on your own, you can hum the response, so you can keep track of whether you’re on a call or a response.
Slow tempo:
2 CR melody 1a: start out at 72 bpm
2 CR melody 1b: 1st CR slightly faster 78 bpm, 2nd CR then somewhere 80
2 CR melody 2b: 1st CR mid 80s bpm, 2nd CR up to 90 bpm
2 CR melody 2a: 1st CR 92 bpm, 2nd CR 94 bpm
Mid tempo
1 CR melody 1a: 102 bpm
1 CR melody 1b: 105 bpm
1 CR melody 2a: 107 bpm
1 CR melody 2b: 112 bpm
Kirtan Cue: “Altogether!”
many CR of melody 2a as you keep on increasing the tempo up to at least 130 bpm.
reach crescendo and hold it for a bit
Kirtan cue: “3!”, “2!”, “1!”
must say the cue before the next downbeat, so on beat 6 or 7 is fine
Decrescendo: Down to high 80s-low 90s bpm
Slow CR: slow down to 70s
Kirtan Cue: “Altogether” – continue with slow 70s bpm
Kirtan Cue: “Last 3 times” and start to get towards ending tempo of 68 bpm
Kirtan Cue: “Last time” – see if you can end with 68 bpm