Play them here
Free, in your browser, with nothing to install. Each plays in your Sa: choose it once, on any of these pages, and every one of them, and Meend, keeps to it.
- TanpuraA tanpura to play along with, tuned to your bansuri's Sa: four strings ringing on, Pa, Ma or Ni as the first string, at the pace you like. Free, in your browser.
- TablaA tabla to practise with: the thekas of Teentaal, Ektaal, Jhaptaal, Rupak, Keherwa, Dadra and more, the dayan tuned to your Sa, at any tempo, with a tanpura if you like.
- Taal metronomeA metronome that counts in taals: a click for sam, tali and khali in Teentaal, Ektaal, Jhaptaal, Rupak and more, each matra divided in two, three or four if you like.
- Fingering chartA bansuri fingering chart: the holes for every swara from mandra Pa to taar Ni, komal and tivra too, each to hear in your key; and the sizes of the flutes, by their Sa.
- AlankarsThe ten alankars, or paltas, of Hindustani music, walked up and down any of the ten thaats or a raag, to hear in your Sa on harmonium or santoor, looped and slowed.
In the Meend app
These listen to you through the microphone: they hear your flute (or your voice), and tell you what you played. They are in the Meend app for iPhone and Android, with the five above, and the riyaz they belong to.
- Bansuri key finderFind your bansuri's key: play its Sa, the top three holes closed, and Meend names the note and how far it is from A440. In the Meend app for iPhone and Android.In the app
- Swara tunerA swara tuner for the bansuri or your voice: play or sing and see the swara from your Sa, how far off and how steady; with a raag, a swara outside it is marked.In the app
- Long notesLong notes on the bansuri: hold one swara on one breath and see how long, how steady, and your longest, with a word every ten seconds. In the Meend app.In the app
- Sargam playerWrite swaras in sargam, and hear them on harmonium or santoor in your Sa: looped, slowed down, and sent to a friend. In the Meend app for iPhone and Android.In the app
- Ear trainingEar training for the bansuri: hear a swara, two, or a phrase over the tanpura, then play it back on your flute, from Sa and Pa up to all twelve swaras. In the Meend app.In the app
- Composition writerWrite a bandish or gat in sargam notation on its taal, sthayi to antara, the words under the swaras, hear it with the tabla, and print it as a PDF. In the Meend app.In the app