Welcome to Harmonium 1

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We’ve crafted this course to give you everything you need to learn to sing and play harmonium for kirtan. You’ll soon be able to lead 12 kirtans with multiple-part melodies. Woven into this course is a lot of music education to give you a strong foundation.

Instructor: Bada Haridas
Level: All levels
Videos: 83 (12h 30m)
Reference pdfs: 37

Course Details

We teach the North Indian system of music and how to sing the swara. This gives you the foundation to play by ear, understand raga, and easily transpose melodies.

Side by side you'll learn the basics of Western music. This will make it easier to play in different keys, and understand relative scales and chords.

In the beginning of Harmonium 1, we focus on playing melody and good fingering habits. Proper fingering helps develop strength and agility in your hands so your fingers can move about the keyboard easily.

You will also learn about chords, chord inversions, how to play chords in a kirtan, and how to weave a melody and chords together.

As part of this course we’ve provided a great resource: Scales and alankaras in all 12 keys. With these videos you can learn to play in different keys, and to transpose any melody into various keys, for yourself and to play for other singers.

There are 12 Maha Mantra kirtan videos for you to learn and practice with. You'll have Visvambhar for your mridanga player, kartal players, and a lovely chorus.

The Kirtan Sequence & Flow videos are designed to give you an inside look at what is happening throughout the kirtan. This analysis will prepare you to lead kirtan yourself.

This course is so much more than learning to play the harmonium. It's a comprehensive music course to give you everything you need to lead kirtan and accompany yourself and others with the harmonium.

Course Contents

meet your instructor

A lifelong musician, professionally trained in classical music and jazz, Bada Haridas received his Bachelors of Music Composition from the University of Southern California, and a scholarship for graduate studies at the Institute for Advanced Musical Studies in Montreux, Switzerland.

Since 1975 Bada Haridas has studied and taught Indian devotional music. He is a celebrated Kirtan singer and performs at festivals around the world.

In this unique course, he shares his knowledge and years of experience to help you go deep into singing and playing harmonium in kirtan.