Learn to play Kiirtan

Warning: practicing kiirtan may result in waves of bliss, filling your whole being with a sense of lightness and universal love : ) .  This page is for those who are interested in learning melodies that can be sung with the mantra "Baba Nam Kevalam", which means "Love is the essence of all things".  The table below shows guitar chords as associated with the rhythm of "Baba Nam Kevalam", notated BBNKVL, as well as the composer of the melody and a sound clip that you can download and listen to.  A guitar kapo position is given where one was used in the recording.

Updated: 4/17/02

Kiirtan

Chords

Composer

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1

 BBNKVL BBNKVL    X2
Em   C     D          Em
BBNKVL BBNKVL
C    D   C      D      C

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2

 Kapo - 3rd fret
BBNKVL BBNKVL    X2
Em   D  Em       D    Em
BBNKVL  BBNKVL   X2
Em      D Em D        Em

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3

 Kapo - 3rd fret
BBNKVL  BBNKVL   X2
C    Am     Em        
BBNKVL   BBNKVL  X2
FM7  G       C          Am

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4

 BBNKVL  BBNKVL
C     F      C         F     C
BBNKVL BBNKVL
       F              G      Em
BBNKVL BBNKVL
Am  F         G          Em
BBNKVLBBNKVL
     Am    F      G     C

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5

a capella

melody by Loreena McKennitt

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6

 BBNBBN BBNKVL BBNBBNKVL X2
Em                               D               Em
BBNBBNKVL BBNBBNKVL 
G               D       C               D
BBNBBNKVL BBNKVL
G               D       C      D  Em

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7

 kapo 3rd fret
BBNKVL  BBNKVL  X2
C     F         C       F    
BBNKVL BBNKVL
G     FM7  G     FM7
BBNKVL BBNKVL
C      F       C      F

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8

 BBNKVL  BBNKVL   X2
Dm                   C       Dm
BBNKVL BBNKVL
Am   Dm  Am  Dm
BBNKVL BBNKVL
Am   Dm        Am  Dm

Mukesh

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9

 kapo 1st fret
BBNKVL  BBNKVL  X2
Em   D       C            Em
BBNKVL BBNKVL  X2
D          C D            C

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10

 kapo 3rd fret
BBNKVL  BBNKVL
Am  C       Dm   FM7
BBNKVL BBNKVL
Dm   FM7 Dm  FM7

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11

 Kapo 3rd fret
BBNKVL  BBNKVL BBNKVL X2
C                 Am            Dm  G   C
BBNKVL BBNKVL X2
C                G
BBNKVL BBNKVL
C      G   C          G   C 

Melody by Shrii Shrii Anandamurtii, Sakal Maner PS

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12

 BBNKVL  BBNKVL X2
      GDCD Em Am D    
BBNKVL BBNKVL X2
     Em    Am  D      C D

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13

 Kapo 3rd fret
BBNKVL
Am G   Am
BBBB BBNKVL X2
                 G      Am
BB BBN BBNKVL BBBB
       C   G           Am
BBN BBNKVL
C    G         Am

Jyostna La Trobe

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14

 BBNKVL  BBNKVL X2
Em                 D         Em
BBNKVL BBNKVL X2
                        D      Em		 Melody from "We All Come From Love" bhajan

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15

 BBNKVL  BBNKVL X2
Em    D      C      D    Em
BBNKVL BBNKVL
      G D  Em   G D  Em		 Melody from "Take Me Away" Bhajan

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Need help with chords?  Try this Chord Chart (This works with Netscape 3.x or higher and IE4)

Note: The sound clips are in RealAudio format.  You must download and install the free RealAudio player before listening to these files.  Some web browsers include it so you may already have it.  Please be aware that the sound quality is not optimal due to audio compression.  Each clip is approximately 90K in size.

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