Shruti Laya

Shruti-Laya is a Carnatic music practice companion. Three independent,
perfectly phase-locked voices — tanpura, mrudangam, and manjira — play
together against the tala grid you choose, for steady, musical
accompaniment any time.

TANPURA DRONE
• Choose your tonic (Sa) across a wide range and the supporting string —
pancham (Pa), madhyama (Ma), nishada (Ni), or upper Sa.
• Adjust pluck rate and volume.

MRUDANGAM
• Tala-driven stroke playback with adjustable tempo (40–150 BPM).
• Optional pattern variations for a more lifelike accompaniment.

MANJIRA
• Cymbal strokes on every beat, on claps, on sam, or off.

PICK YOUR TALA
• All seven Suladi Sapta Talas — Dhruva, Matya, Rupaka, Jhampa, Triputa,
Ata, Eka.
• Set jaati and gati/nadai — Tisra, Chatusra, Khanda, Misra, Sankeerna —
plus a kalai multiplier. (Adi tala = Triputa with Chatusra jaati.)

BUILT-IN TUNER (new)
• Tune your voice or instrument to your selected tonic.
• Live swara name and a sharp/flat cents bar, right in the display.

Practice-friendly: pause and resume from the lock screen and Control
Center, and the drone keeps playing when the screen sleeps. Works on
iPhone and iPad.

NOTE: The Tuner feature uses the microphone to detect the pitch of the user's
voice or instrument and show how it compares to the selected tonic. Tap
"Tuner" above the on-screen display to try it; the app requests microphone
permission on first use. No audio is recorded, stored, or transmitted.