Make your own tunes

Compose a short melody on the swara pad, add rests and note lengths, then play it against your Sa.

This is a scratch pad, not a numbered home-path step. Learn the swaras on Practice first. Same content in tunes.md.

Composer

Tap the harmonium or type sargam below. The preview draws Bhatkhande notation — holds, rests, taal marks, bows, and ornaments update as you type. Quarter note = 1 beat at the current BPM.

Quick start
  1. Pick Sa in the bottom bar. Choose a duration in the toolbar, then tap keys or type tokens.
  2. Put each vibhāg between | barlines — e.g. | Sa Re Ga Ma |. Beat counts and taal marks (X, 0, 2…) show in the preview.
  3. Set Taal and Start on beat (sam = 1; many Teentaal bandishes start on beat 9). Press ▶ Play — with Metro on, playback waits for that matra.
  4. Rest is _ (never R). Bandish words: Dha:Su. Toolbar: | bar, {} murki, // note, ||: … :|| for repeats.

Reference: Examples · Syntax · Dashes & dugun · Bhatkhande legend

Tone in the bottom bar = Harmonium or Synth. Keys are fixed Western pitch; Sa Re Ga… follow your Sa. The pad lights only during playback on this page.

Play with Metro on, waits for the start beat · BPM in the bottom bar

Matras per vibhāg — green ✓ when the segment matches the selected taal.

Duration
Sam = beat 1. Many bandishes enter on khālī (Teentaal beat 9 = × of the second half).

Where tunes live. On this site (below) — author’s library from GitHub; play only, no edits. Save locally — .txt to your device (Load from disk to reopen). Save in browser — this browser only; lost if you clear site data or switch devices.

Notation

Examples, syntax, holds, and the Bhatkhande legend are on the Bhatkhande Notation Writer.

Reference: Examples · Syntax · Dashes & dugun · Bhatkhande legend