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 referenceLook up any of 171 ragas by name or mela, 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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