Sangat: Riyaz with Harmonium

Sing it back, in sur.

Sangat is daily riyaz for Hindustani singing. The harmonium plays each line in your scale, with the tabla and tanpura, and waits while you sing it back. Turn on Listen, and Sangat shows which notes were off. It is made for anyone practising at home.

Sing it back to the harmonium

The harmonium plays a line of sargam and holds its last note until sam. Then it's your turn. Again plays a line once more. Repeat keeps it coming round, and a tap on a note repeats just its part. You can also sing along, with a breath after each line, or sing on your own to the tanpura.

Sitar, bansuri, violin or a singer

Switch one on, and it plays each line with the harmonium or in its place, at your Sa and in time with the tabla. They are recordings of real musicians. Free for 45 seconds of riyaz a day each; Pro has no limit.

See which notes were off

Listen draws your voice under the notes as you sing. The line is green while you're in sur, and amber where you go low or high. After each line it names what slipped, like "Ma low". Practise these then plays that part until you sing it in sur twice.

First steps in sur: a course for beginners

Short steps, from holding Sa to singing Bhupali, Yaman and Bhairav: the swaras, alankars and finding sam on the way. Pass a step and the next one opens.

Today's riyaz

About ten minutes, in the traditional order: Sa with the tanpura, today's palta, then the note you missed last time. One raga a week, a palta a day. Switch on the daily reminder and it names the day's palta.

Ragas, alankars and bandish

• 85 ragas (raag), each with its aroha, avaroha, pakad and paltas
• 28 alankars, in any raga and any scale
• 319 bandish in 12 ragas, taught line by line in their own taal (beta)

Tanpura, tabla, harmonium and swarmandal

All four play at your Sa, from C to B, fine-tuned in cents. Not sure of your Sa? Sing any comfortable note, and Find my Sa sets it. Then play your take back on a harmonium: your notes, your pauses, your pacing.

• Tanpura: 18 tunings and 3 plucking styles, or on its own as a drone
• Tabla: 70 taals, like Teentaal, Ektaal, Jhaptaal, Rupak, Keherwa and Dadra, from vilambit to drut, 10 to 720 BPM. Tap the beat or sing a few notes, and the tabla takes your speed.

All four are recordings of real instruments, each with a synthesised voice a tap away, and they keep playing when the screen locks.

Your riyaz, kept

Hear your riyaz back line by line, with each note marked. Put practices in order in a collection, and send it as one short link.

In six Indian languages

Every screen, lesson and raga page in हिंदी, मराठी, ગુજરાતી, বাংলা, ಕನ್ನಡ or ਪੰਜਾਬੀ.

Free, with no account

• Today's riyaz, with its palta free today in any raga
• Yaman, Bhupali and Bhairav with all their paltas, and the 10 thaats
• First steps in sur, a step at a time
• The first five alankars, with Listen and Practise these
• The full tanpura, 10 taals and a metronome
• Find my Sa, your last 7 riyaz, 5 saved practices and a collection

No ads, and no daily time limit.

Sangat Pro

All 85 ragas, 28 alankars and 70 taals, every bandish and every step of the course, and the sitar, bansuri, violin and singer. Every riyaz kept, as many practices and collections as you like, and a sleep timer. Monthly, yearly or once for life, on every device you sign in on. Monthly and yearly renew until you cancel them.

Privacy

Microphone: Find my Sa and Listen use it only while they are on, and your voice is analysed on the device. A Find my Sa take keeps the melody it heard, not the sound. While Listen is on, your riyaz is recorded on your phone so you can hear it back. It is never uploaded, and it leaves your phone only when you share it. Notifications: the playback controls, and the daily reminder if you switch it on. You need an account only for Pro, and you can delete it in Settings.

Recent changes:
Sangat 1.43.0

• Radio: ragas played for you on sitar, bansuri, violin and harmonium, with tabla and tanpura. Pick a time of day or a mood, save a piece you love, share it, or set a sleep timer. Free for everyone. Open it from home, or tap Hear it played on any raga.
• With Sangat Pro, 482 bandishes in 55 ragas to learn line by line.