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.

Identify

Which raga, scale, or chord is this?

4 tools
Chord ExplorerClick a chord, hear it, see it on the piano. A small playground for getting chords and scales under your fingers.Theory · PianoS02Raga & Scale FinderTap the notes you hear. See every raga, scale, and chord that fits — in Western, Carnatic, or Hindustani notation.Theory · Raga · ScaleS02Raga ExplorerA reference for 157 Carnatic ragas. Search by name, mela number, or a set of notes — then hear the scale, see where it sits, and learn the system behind it.Theory · 72 Melakarta · JanyaS01Svara MirrorYou sing. It names the scale. Live pitch trail, auto-detected Sa, and ranked raga or scale candidates as you sing.Singing · Pitch · RagaS02

Drone

Give me a Sa to sing against.

2 tools
Sa FinderPick a tanpura, hum along, save your home note. A starting point you can carry into the other tools.Drone · Sa · TanpuraS01ShrutiA tanpura drone for practice. Set your Sa, add Pa, and run a slow shimmer pattern while you sing or play.Drone · TanpuraS01

Keep time

Count it, feel it, play along.

4 tools
Beats & GroovesBuild drum patterns in the browser. Layer kick, snare, hats, and bass. Find the tempo, export a WAV, move on.Drums · WAV exportS02Grand StageA backing band for one song. Tempo, meter, key and a full synthesised band on one screen — everything editable while it plays, everything transposing together.Backing track · Metronome · ChordsS02PulseFeel time signatures, don't memorise them. From 3/4 waltz to 7/8 lopsided grooves — visual, audible, felt.Rhythm · Time · MeterS02Tala ClockA riyaaz companion. Pick a tala and gati, layer konnakol or a drone, run a tempo ramp or silent cycles.Rhythm · Tala · KonnakolS01

Practise

Train an ear, a hand, a gamaka.

3 tools
AttuneTrain your ear, gently. Hear a note, find it on the keys. A patient ear-training game.Ear training · Practice · GameS02Gamaka TrainerPractise the slides and oscillations that make a raga a raga. Watch each gamaka’s pitch contour, hear it on violin or voice, slow it down, and sing it back.Ornamentation · Gamaka · TechniqueS01Tarang: LearnA seven-chapter guided tour of the guitar — from one string, to a chord, to a song.Guitar · Learn · Strum patternsS02

Write

A prompt, a timer, a quiet page.

1 tool
InkwellPick a genre, get a fresh prompt you haven't seen this week, and write for two or five minutes. Copy your piece out when you're done.Prompts · Timed · Quiet UIS03

S01 Carnatic · S02 World music · S03 Writing — the series, walked in order

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Wish a tool existed?

If there's a small tool you wish existed — a calculator, a timer, a browser experiment — tell us. If it's quick to build and fits the spirit of the place, we'll make it and publish it here.

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