Description
Your riyaz exercises, classwork and recordings together in one private, offline-first app.
Raag Riyaz is a Hindustani music practice companion for iPhone and iPad. Record your voice with tanpura and tabla, train your ear and voice, and carry each lesson into the next practice session without creating an account.
PRACTISE WITH ACCOMPANIMENT
• Choose from 29 searchable taals and follow the current matra and bol
• Play tabla, two tanpuras, lehra, manjira and swarmandal independently
• Set SUR, fine tuning and tempo, including quick ÷2, −5, +5 and ×2 changes; save presets and timed practice programmes
• Record your voice with accompaniment, replay takes and export audio
TRAIN EVERY SWARA
• Free Singing shows the nearest swara and live pitch guidance
• Stability Test helps you hold each swara and lets you hear the current target
• Learn 9 alankars and 5 paltas phrase by phrase on a pictorial swara path
• Try Fade the Phrase, Mirror Path and Swara Staircase vocal challenges
• Match mystery swaras, sing guided raag phrases and build laya in Find the Beat
• Start singing directly or hear a reference only when you need it
• Use Pitch Lab for swara, cents and shruti feedback, plus a hands-free Breath Test
• Open optional, attributed creator lessons on YouTube from the pattern library
KEEP CLASSWORK TOGETHER
• Write class notes directly on each date
• Add photos, scans, PDFs, class recordings, homework and practice notes
• Set an optional one-time local reminder for a lesson's homework
• Link an earlier lesson or connect class notes to raags in your Library
• Review recent sessions and recordings in Insights
• Optionally schedule one daily local practice reminder from Insights
BUILD YOUR RAAG LIBRARY
• Mark library raags as learned and keep a private repertoire for each one
• Add your own raag with aroha and avaroha across lower, middle and upper saptak
• Keep named bandishes, songs, recordings, PDFs, images and reference notes together
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Raag Riyaz has no account, advertising, analytics SDK or developer cloud. Microphone pitch analysis happens on the device. Recordings and lesson content stay in the app's private storage unless you explicitly share or export them.
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