An online tanpura in C

C is the first white key — safed ek on a harmonium — and the Sa of singers who want weight under the voice. Dhrupad singers live here and lower; khyal baritones settle into C when C♯ feels a shade tight. If your voice fills a room from the bottom, this may already be your key.

Sangat's tanpura is real string plucks, at C. There are 18 tunings, from a deep Kharaj Sa up to a high Ma, each with a note on where it is used, three plucking styles, and two voices, deeper or brighter.

Press play and it drones until you tell it to stop. No account, nothing to install, and the whole tanpura is in the free tier.

Not certain C is your key? Find my Sa listens while you sing and finds the Sa you are actually in.