Learn the Hanuman Chalisa:
Major Scale
40 verses in 40 days
The Hanuman Chalisa is a devotional Hindi song invoking Hanuman, the hero of The Rāmāyaņā.
After you sign up you'll have access to an extensive library of videos teaching you the Hanuman Chalisa verse by verse, including the beginning invocation and ending prayers. Allison has also including lyrical and transliteration resources for you to do your own cross referencing around pronunciation.
Pronunciation of the Hindi language varies based on geography. There will be differences in how different teachers pronounce it. Don't worry, it's not Sanskrit so it doesn't need to be perfect. The emphasis is on bhakti, or singing with a devotional attitude
If you play harmonium, you will find video tutorials for playing this particular version in the Major scale. You'll also find a notated musical chart for melody and rhythmic changes.
Course Curriculum
- Invocation Video 1 (2:18)
- Invocation Video 2 (3:21)
- Verse 1 (4:17)
- Verse 2 (4:28)
- Verse 3 (4:31)
- Verse 4 (4:40)
- Verse 5 (3:55)
- Verse 6 (4:02)
- Verse 7 (3:38)
- Verse 8 (5:03)
- Verse 9 (4:10)
- Verse 10 (3:58)
- Verse 11 (4:14)
- Verse 12 (3:45)
- Verse 13 (5:56)
- Verse 14 (4:36)
- Verse 15 (4:11)
- Verse 16 (4:17)
- Verse 17 (3:14)
- Verse 18 (3:45)
- Verse 19 (3:25)
- Verse 20 (3:26)
- Verse 21 (3:19)
- Verse 22 (3:20)
- Verse 23 (2:55)
- Verse 24 (3:07)
- Verse 25 (3:05)
- Verse 26 (3:02)
- Verse 27 (3:09)
- Verse 28 (3:14)
- Verse 29 (4:04)
- Verse 30 (4:13)
- Verse 31 (4:00)
- Verse 32 (3:40)
- Verse 33 (3:28)
- Verse 34 (3:35)
- Verse 35 (3:03)
- Verse 36 (3:12)
- Verse 37 (3:35)
- Verse 38 (3:48)
- Verse 39 (3:59)
- Verse 40 (4:28)
- Closing (6:53)