Labs / Experiments

Small experiments,
kept open.

Side ideas that grew into tools you can use in the browser. Pick what you need from the index below, or follow a learning path if you are new to all this.

Free, no account.

Identify

Which raga, scale, or chord is this?

6 tools
BrowseChord AtlasPick a scale or raga; see and hear every chord.TapChord ExplorerClick a chord, hear it, see it on the piano.SingPitch MirrorWesternSing. It finds your tonic and names the key.TapRaga & Scale FinderAny notationTap the notes you heard. See which ragas and scales fit.BrowseRaga ExplorerCarnatic & Hindustani referenceLook up any of 237 ragas by name, mela, or thaat, then hear it.SingSvara MirrorCarnaticSing. It finds your Sa and names the raga or scale.

Drone

Give me a Sa to sing against.

2 tools
SingSa FinderStart hereHum along to a tanpura and find your home note.ListenShrutiFor practiceA tanpura drone. Set Sa, add Pa, sing over it.

Keep time

Count it, feel it, play along.

4 tools
PlayBeats & GroovesBuild a drum pattern, find the tempo, export a WAV.PlayGrand StageA synthesised backing band. Tempo, meter, and key, editable live.PlayPulseFeel time signatures, from 3/4 waltz to 7/8 grooves.PlayTala ClockA tala metronome with konnakol, drone, and tempo ramps.

Practise

Train an ear, a hand, a gamaka.

3 tools
ListenAttuneHear a note, find it on the keys. An ear-training game.ListenGamaka TrainerWatch and hear each gamaka, slow it down, sing it back.LearnTarang: LearnSeven guided chapters on guitar, from one string to a song.

Write

A prompt, a timer, a quiet page.

1 tool
WriteInkwellA fresh prompt and a two or five minute timer.

New to all this? Walk the series in order: Carnatic, then world music, then writing.

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