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Tanpura

A fully customizable tanpura for your daily riyaz. Pick your Sa, tune each string down to the cent, shape the javari shimmer, and let the drone run for as long as you practice. It even works offline. PS: Hit the spacebar to play/pause ;)

Pa · 103.94 HzPaSa · 138.59 HzSaSa · 138.59 HzSaSa (low) · 69.30 HzSa (low)

The tonic your tanpura drones on. Match it to your vocal or instrumental Sa.

Sa = 138.59 Hz
Octave
Quick set
First stringPa (a fourth below Sa) suits most ragas; Ma for ragas that omit Pa; Ni for a leading-tone color.
Concert pitch the tuning is derived from. 440 Hz is standard.
How strongly the overtones bloom and shimmer after each pluck.
How long each string rings before it fades.
Spreads the four strings across the stereo field.
Overall drone loudness.
StringsFine-tune each string in cents (the tuning beads), balance levels, or mute a string.
1 · Pa103.94 Hz
Mute
2 · Sa138.59 Hz
Mute
3 · Sa138.59 Hz
Mute
4 · Sa (low)69.30 Hz
Mute
Auto-stops the drone after this many minutes.
min
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Tanpura presetsSaves your current key, tuning, tempo and tone settings. Reapply any time in one click.
No presets saved yet.