Music book contains easy to use transcriptions for harmonium and guitar of all Kirtans and Bhajans recorded by Dave Stringer, both original and traditional compositions. 222 pages in A5 format fits comfortably on top of a harmonium. This is the book that Dave gives to students at Kirtan Flight Schools in Europe, Australia and North America. Includes guitar chord charts and many translations of the original Sanskrit into German, French, Spanish and English.
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Sheet Music + Digital Album
Music book contains easy to use transcriptions for harmonium and guitar of all Kirtans and Bhajans recorded by Dave Stringer, both original and traditional compositions. It's sized for an iPad, or you can print it yourself in either A5 or US 8.5 x 5.5 (half-sheet) format. This is the 216 page book that Dave gives to students at Kirtan Flight Schools in Europe, Australia and North America. Includes guitar chord charts and many translations of the original Sanskrit into German, French, Spanish and English.
Includes unlimited streaming of Live At Bhaktifest
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 1 day
Purchasable with gift card
$25USDor more
Cute pocket size (5 in x 5 in) version of the Radiance Sutras, perfect for use in yoga classes. Contains 35 of Dave Stringer and Denise Kaufman's favorite selections. 110 pages includes forward by Shiva Rea and comments by Lorin Roche.
Includes unlimited streaming of Elixir
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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$20USDor more
lyrics
sarasvati ma
mahadevi namoh namah
bhagavati bhagavati
bhagavati bhagavati
maho arnah sarasvati pracetayati ketunaa
dhiyo vishvaa viraajati namo namah namo namah
The name Sarasvati means literally ‘she of the stream’ or 'one who flows', a quality that applies equally to breathing, thoughts, words, or the movement of a river. Sara also means 'essence' and sva means 'one self'. Taken together, 'the essence of oneself'. The Goddess of music and art and literature, she can also represent the movement of forms in time. She is the consort of Brahma, the lord of creation. According to Vedanta, Sarasvati represents creativity, fertility, intelligence, consciousness, communication, education, enlightenment, music, and the arts. Mahadevi means 'great goddess', and Bhagavati means 'full of ecstatic bliss'.
Literal translation: Maho means great, and arnah means wave or flood or stream. Pra = towards, cetayati = awakening. Ketunaa is intellect, dhiyo is wisdom and vishvaa is universe. Vi = prefix of order, arrangement, raajati = shining. Namo namah means honor to the name. Sarasvati is a representation of the great wave or stream of knowledge that awakens the intellect. The shining wisdom in the universe.
credits
from Glider,
released February 21, 2022
ambika leigh: kartals
bob sheppard: clarinet
brent kuecker: bass
dave stringer: vocals, acoustic guitar
domonic dean breaux: tenor saxophone
miles shrewsbery: tabla
mitchel forman: piano
narada wise: shaker, tambourine
patrick richey: drums, cajon
sheela bringi: harmonium
tulsi bloom: vocals
produced by dave stringer & phoenix quinn
recorded and mixed by phoenix quinn / los angeles, california
mastered by stefan heger at fisheye mastering / cologne, germany
Grammy-nominated producer, singer, composer and innovative international Kirtan artist. Stringer’s sound connects the transcendent mysticism of East Indian ragas to the exuberant grooves of Gospel and the ringing harmonies of Appalachia.
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