Learn, Play and Compose Tihai for tabla, hindustani vocal and kathak

Tihai Shastra is an app to compose and play tihai, a polyrhythmic phrase typically used to conclude a piece in hindustani music. A Tihai composition consists of a pala (with or without pause or gap) which is repeated three times and lands on the sum or start of the taal. The app can be used for kathak / tabla / hindustani vocal singing practice.

★ Guide Mode - To guide the choice of tihai to start from any matra of a given taal

★ Compose Mode - To compose tihai with pala lengths of upto 48 matra

★ Choose to play tihai in any of the 6 different gun (speeds) : Barabar to chegun

★ Play tihai in more than 15 taal teka

★ Play teka with tihai in the selected taal at different speeds

★ Save the composed tihai into a library/collection for subsequent retrieval

★ Display of vibhag along with the teka

★ Display tabla bols in 3 different languages :

• English

• देवनागरी (Devanagari, Hindi) and

• Roman Transliteration

★ Indication of the matra and avartan while playing the teka with tihai

★ Visual indication of the hand clap or wave

★ Optional Metronome with Ghunghru while playing teka with tihai

TihaiShastra is developed by SiddhiSadhana the developers of

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