Guides for riyaz
Plain explanations of the things you meet in practice — your Sa, the taals, the tanpura — with something to play on every page, and a link that opens Sangat already set up for it.
Guides
Four to start with. Each has a player built in: a keyboard, a tabla, a tanpura or a harmonium.
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Guide · Your voice · 6 min
How to find your Sa
Find your Sa in five minutes: start from your lowest clear note, count up five semitones, and check you can reach taar Sa. Typical keys for male and female voices, and a keyboard that counts for you.
Read the guide
- Guide · Rhythm · 7 minTaal basics: matra, vibhag, sam, taali and khaliThe words of Indian rhythm explained plainly, with ten common taals side by side — and all ten to play.
- Guide · The tanpura · 7 minWhich tanpura tuning for which ragaPa for most ragas, Ma when there is no Pa, Ni for Bihag — all eighteen tunings, and Malkauns to hear the difference.
- Guide · Practice · 8 minA 30-minute daily riyazKharaj, alankars, a raga’s outline and a bandish in taal: a half hour you can keep, with each step to play.
Taals
The ten free taals, shortest first. Each page has the theka to play, counted matra by matra.
Tanpura by key
A page for every Sa from C to B: the tanpura to play, the frequencies, and where Pa, Ma and Ni fall.