Labs / Learning paths

Where to start, and where each tool fits.

Two short journeys through music — one Carnatic, one Western. Each step is a concept worth understanding, paired with the Lab that makes it click. Walk it in order, or jump to whatever you're curious about.

Series 01 · Carnatic

The Carnatic path

Everything is relative to one note.

Carnatic music starts from your Sa — your home note — and builds outward to drone, cycle, and raga. Walk it in order and each tool sets up the next.

  1. Step 1Play now

    Find your Sa

    Every note you sing is relative to one home note. Find the one your voice settles into.

    Sa Finder
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    Settle into the drone

    A tanpura holds your Sa steady so your ear locks into the key. Leave it running while you practise.

    Shruti
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    Feel the cycle

    Rhythm in Carnatic music loops as a tala. Clap the cycle before you ever count it.

    Tala Clock
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    Map the ragas

    The 72 Melakarta scales are the parents of every raga. Hear how each one ascends and descends.

    Raga Explorer
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    Name what you hear

    Tap a few notes and find every raga, scale, and chord that fits — the reverse of looking one up.

    Raga & Scale Finder
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    Shape the gamakas

    The slides and oscillations between notes are what make a raga a raga. Trace each one, then sing it back.

    Gamaka Trainer
Series 02 · Western

The Western path

Hear it, feel it, then play it.

Start with single notes and a steady pulse, build up to chords on an instrument, and end making your own groove. Theory arrives after the feel.

  1. Step 1Play now

    Hear single notes

    Before anything else, train your ear to recognise one note at a time. No timer, no buzzer.

    Attune
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    Feel the pulse

    Time signatures are a feeling, not a formula. Walk from a single beat to lopsided odd meters.

    Pulse
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    Build a chord

    Stack notes into chords, hear the quality, and see the intervals light up on a piano.

    Chord Explorer
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    Put it on the guitar

    Take chords to the fretboard — from one string to a strum pattern — in seven short chapters.

    Tarang: Learn
  5. Step 5Play now

    Make a groove

    Layer kick, snare, and hats into a beat you can export. Rhythm becomes something you build.

    Beats & Grooves
  6. Step 6Coming soon

    Write a progression

    Chords in motion become songs. A guided chord-progression sketchpad is next on the bench.

    Progression sketchpad
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