🎶 Riyaz
Live pitch • scale follow • guitar & vocal tuner • raga learning Sa (tonic): Mode:
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sing or play a note
Line = your live pitch (cents vs nearest swar). Green band = in tune (±10¢).Scale follow — Raga: Listen, then sing it back; swars light up as you hit them.
Why ragas matter
A raga is not just a scale: it fixes which notes rise and fall (aroh/avroh), the key phrase (pakad), the resting notes (vadi/samvadi) and a time of day and mood (rasa). Practising one raga trains your ear to hear micro-pitch (shruti) that Western equal temperament smooths over.
Legends (short bios)
- Pt. Bhimsen Joshi — Kirana gharana voice; made khayal huge on stage and radio.
- M.S. Subbulakshmi — Carnatic singer; first musician awarded the Bharat Ratna (1998).
- Lata Mangeshkar — classical-trained playback voice that shaped Hindi film song for decades.
- Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan — Patiala gharana; brought thumri beauty into khayal.
- Pt. Ravi Shankar — sitar; took ragas to the world stage.
- Kishori Amonkar — Jaipur-Atrauli; deep, emotional raga expression.