Hari Om Parents,
Below is the update from our class grade 6 Sunday AM this week.
We continued e-balavihar sessions through zoom. The kids are comfortable in the new set-up and are at their best cooperation and behavior needless to say. We thank all parents of our class who are very cooperative and helping their wards as per the needs. With Almighty, our Poojya Gurudev and our dear Swamiji's blessings today's session saw a smooth sail. We hope for betterment in every way in the virtual classroom set up until we meet in person.
We strongly believe "this too shall pass"
At His Service.
26th April 2020 / 9:15AM
Shlokas
We started with regular opening prayers.
We chanted the 10th,11th,12th and 13th verse of Gurusthothram as we reviewed it and finished with Tvameva mata.
We learned the 7th verse of Mahisasura mardhni sthothram (verses 1 to 6 were chanted individually by kids we random picked- they all did a great job, nice pronunciation and in the correct tune)
India the Sacred land- our lesson.
Today's topic was the Indian classical Music.
*Sruti is a pitch that a musician chooses to sing or play an instrument.
*Sruti- Maata : Laya- Pitaa
*Structure of Melody is Raagam : Made of specific set of notes in an octave, ascending or descending.
*Structure of rhythm is Thalam (Cycle of beats maintaining the rhythm of the song) (Variation on structures chosen appropriately)
Symbolism of swaras
"ornamentation of silence is swara pattern" says our Beloved Gurudev
Sa-Aadhara swaram 1 saguna Brahman (Lord identical with His own Infinite Jnana)
Ri- Rishis/ sages (Brahmaji revealed the concept of music to Rishis)
Ga- Gandharvas- (celestial beings from the Heavens who were given the job of singing,dancing and entertaining)
Ma- Mahipalas (the kings who patronized)
Pa- Aadhara swaram 2 Praja (music reached praja/ the people)
Dha- Dharma (to lead a righteous way of life)
Ni- Nirguna brahman (dharma to paramatma)
Sa to Sa- Jeeva comes from God and goes back to God.
Music and types. Classical- Nothing in written format, preserved by oral tradition, Guru sishya parampa. North India- Hindustani- secular music. South- Carnatic- devotional.
Light songs are film music.
Folk- Rural music, story telling, culture following- communication methodology.
We identified few instruments, accompaniments for classical carnatic and hindustani- Strings, percussions and wind instruments.
We watched two videos on the basic theory and types of Indian classical music.
Story time: We came across the story of Narada's pride goes for a fall before Hanumanji's unconditional bhakti- though both are great music lovers/singers
after which we saw a video of our Dearest Gurudev telling a story to children.
Gita time- we reviewed Gita verses 21-30 from our Dear Swamiji
The Geeta Chanting contest is through SKYPE and scheduled on 5/2/2020. Please keep checking skype account for the details.
Essay contest due on or before 5/3/2020 to be sent in PDF format to the email geetaEssay@ChinmayaVrindavan.org (all details in the whats-app group)
Chinmaya Mission Pledge initiative details on whats-app group as well. Pictures to be drawn and a picture of the product along with the artist to be sent on or before (at) 5PM EST this Tuesday (4/28) to the email given in Whats-app group.
Please do the likhita Japa (4 pages at a time) click pics and send it to house contest email. Keep all your likhita japa at pooja place in your home as a raksha at this critical times.
Please kindly signup for the house contests- Story telling (audio to be sent, on or before 4/30) and baking contests. Please refer to the following link. thanks
26th April 2020 / 9:15AM
Shlokas
We started with regular opening prayers.
We chanted the 10th,11th,12th and 13th verse of Gurusthothram as we reviewed it and finished with Tvameva mata.
We learned the 7th verse of Mahisasura mardhni sthothram (verses 1 to 6 were chanted individually by kids we random picked- they all did a great job, nice pronunciation and in the correct tune)
India the Sacred land- our lesson.
Today's topic was the Indian classical Music.
*Sruti is a pitch that a musician chooses to sing or play an instrument.
*Sruti- Maata : Laya- Pitaa
*Structure of Melody is Raagam : Made of specific set of notes in an octave, ascending or descending.
*Structure of rhythm is Thalam (Cycle of beats maintaining the rhythm of the song) (Variation on structures chosen appropriately)
*Structure of rhythm is Thalam (Cycle of beats maintaining the rhythm of the song) (Variation on structures chosen appropriately)
Symbolism of swaras
"ornamentation of silence is swara pattern" says our Beloved Gurudev
Sa-Aadhara swaram 1 saguna Brahman (Lord identical with His own Infinite Jnana)
Ri- Rishis/ sages (Brahmaji revealed the concept of music to Rishis)
Ga- Gandharvas- (celestial beings from the Heavens who were given the job of singing,dancing and entertaining)
Ma- Mahipalas (the kings who patronized)
Pa- Aadhara swaram 2 Praja (music reached praja/ the people)
Dha- Dharma (to lead a righteous way of life)
Ni- Nirguna brahman (dharma to paramatma)
Sa to Sa- Jeeva comes from God and goes back to God.
Music and types. Classical- Nothing in written format, preserved by oral tradition, Guru sishya parampa. North India- Hindustani- secular music. South- Carnatic- devotional.
Light songs are film music.
Folk- Rural music, story telling, culture following- communication methodology.
We identified few instruments, accompaniments for classical carnatic and hindustani- Strings, percussions and wind instruments.
We watched two videos on the basic theory and types of Indian classical music.
Story time: We came across the story of Narada's pride goes for a fall before Hanumanji's unconditional bhakti- though both are great music lovers/singers
after which we saw a video of our Dearest Gurudev telling a story to children.
Gita time- we reviewed Gita verses 21-30 from our Dear Swamiji
The Geeta Chanting contest is through SKYPE and scheduled on 5/2/2020. Please keep checking skype account for the details.
Essay contest due on or before 5/3/2020 to be sent in PDF format to the email geetaEssay@ChinmayaVrindavan.org (all details in the whats-app group)
Chinmaya Mission Pledge initiative details on whats-app group as well. Pictures to be drawn and a picture of the product along with the artist to be sent on or before (at) 5PM EST this Tuesday (4/28) to the email given in Whats-app group.
Please do the likhita Japa (4 pages at a time) click pics and send it to house contest email. Keep all your likhita japa at pooja place in your home as a raksha at this critical times.
Please kindly signup for the house contests- Story telling (audio to be sent, on or before 4/30) and baking contests. Please refer to the following link. thanks
Requirements for class
*We start at 9.15 with opening prayers and it will not be nice if kids (walk) log in while the chanting is going on. Kindly please be inside the Virtual classroom at 9.15 or a couple minutes prior to the start.
*Please (send in) have a notebook and a pen or pencil and kindly remind them to note down important pointers which are written on the smart board as we explain.
*Noting on a solid notebook is optional (kindly no loose papers, please. If yes, please file them accordingly then and there) Please remind kids to make a good choice.
*Please write your full name as you enter the waiting room for the host to understand the person and let you in to avoid any zoom bombings.
Please keep ourselves clean by washing hands frequently, using tissue papers while sneezing and coughing and making sure about keeping our place sanitized to avoid viruses being spread. Live healthy both mind and body.
Next class is on 05/03/2020 at zoom
Please write back or text with questions or queries you may have.
Thank you all.
Grade 6 teachers Sunday AM
Latha Kakani and Vidhya Aiyer
Requirements for class
*We start at 9.15 with opening prayers and it will not be nice if kids (walk) log in while the chanting is going on. Kindly please be inside the Virtual classroom at 9.15 or a couple minutes prior to the start.
*Please (send in) have a notebook and a pen or pencil and kindly remind them to note down important pointers which are written on the smart board as we explain.
*Noting on a solid notebook is optional (kindly no loose papers, please. If yes, please file them accordingly then and there) Please remind kids to make a good choice.
*Please write your full name as you enter the waiting room for the host to understand the person and let you in to avoid any zoom bombings.
Please keep ourselves clean by washing hands frequently, using tissue papers while sneezing and coughing and making sure about keeping our place sanitized to avoid viruses being spread. Live healthy both mind and body.
Next class is on 05/03/2020 at zoom
Please write back or text with questions or queries you may have.
Thank you all.
Grade 6 teachers Sunday AM
Latha Kakani and Vidhya Aiyer