Tanpura

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Tanpura string instrument is a software version of a Tanpura, Tabla & Sitar, this sitar-like instrument used in Indian classical music to play a drone sound throughout a musical performance.

Tanpura with Tabla & Sitar is an electronic Tanpura for Phone & Tablet. It provides beautiful & realistic sound.

It is an Indian music app that combines a Tanpura/Swarmandal with Tabla Player & Sitar Player. It provides rhythmic and melodic accompaniment for music practice or just to jam along virtual musicians. Featured instruments are Tabla, Sitar, Swarmandal/Tanpura.

You can select to play one or all of them, and they will automatically synchronize together.

The Tabla Player support the deferent taal like : "Teentaal", "Ektaal", "Jhaptaal", "Deepchandi", "Rupak", "Dadra", "Keherwa" The first three (Teentaal, Ektaal and Jhaptaal) are very common in classical music, the next three (Deepchandi, Rupak and Dadra) are more common in semi-classical music, and the last one (Keherwa) is the life and soul of folk music.

The Tanpura Player Support Different Scales:

The app supports different Tanpura scales ranging from "A", "B", "C", "C#", "D", "D#", "E", "F", "F#".

The Tabla Player Support Different Tall:

1- Teentaal - 16 beats (4/4/4/4)
(dhaa dhin dhin dhaa / dhaa dhin dhin dhaa / dhaa tin tin taa/ taa dhin dhin dhaa)


2- Ektaal - 12 beats (2/2/2/2/2/2)
(dhin dhin / dhaage tirikiTa / tu naa / kat tin / dhaage tirikiTa / dhi naa)


3- Jhaptaal - 10 beats (2/3/2/3)
(dhi naa / dhi dhi naa / ti naa / dhi dhi naa)


4- Deepchandi - 14 beats (3/4/3/4)
(dhaa dhin (S) / dhaa dhaa tin (S) / taa tin (S) / dhaa dhaa dhin (S)
*(S) indicates a silent beat, where nothing is played.)


5- Rupak - 7 beats (3/2/2)
(ti ti naa / dhi naa / dhi naa)


6- Dadra - 6 beats (3/3)
(dhaa ge naa / dhaa ti naa)


7- Keherwa - 8 beats (4/4)
(dhaage nati naka dhina / dhage nati naka dhina)

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