The tour
Every screen of GuruShishya, as students and gurus see it: what each one does, one at a time.
For students
My Practice
A diary that opens on today
Each day's page holds the week your guru set, the pieces you added yourself, the minutes the lamp heard, and the lesson next on your path. A lamp lights for every day you practise.
- Today's pieces from your guru, and the ones you added
- A lamp for every day you practise
- Minutes counted as the tutor hears them
This week
MonSarali 3 at 60
TueGa–Ma turns
WedKunda Gowra
Thutoday
Fri
Sat
Sun
4Thursday · November
From your guru · this week
✓ Sarali Varisai 360 a minute
Ga–Ma turns45 a minute
Kunda Gowrafrom the Library
1 of 3 done · 9 of 15 minutes today
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
The Library
Every lesson, written as notation
The exercises, geethams, nottuswarams, swarajatis, varnams and kritis, each a book on the shelf with its contents. Every piece is written swara by swara, with its words beneath.
- Exercises, geethams, nottuswarams, swarajatis, varnams, kritis
- A book of ragas and a book of talas
- Every piece in its teaching order
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
A piece in the Library
Read it, hear it, at any speed
A piece opens on its title page: the raga, its ladder, the tala and the composer, then the notation page by page. Hear it on the harp or another instrument, at your sruti and your pace.
- The raga's ladder, the tala and the composer on its title page
- The notation with its words, page by page
- Hear it at your sruti and pace
Gitam
Varaveena
in the raga Mohanam
| Raga | Mohanam, janya of Harikambhoji |
| Arohana | S R₂ G₃ P D₂ S' |
| Tala | Rupakam |
| Composer | Traditional |
The song
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
The practice room
Play along on the notation road
The notation runs as a road with the tanpura and the tala. The voice tutor listens to every swara; when one slips it stops, says which, and goes again more slowly. It works for the voice and for an instrument like the violin.
- The notation road with the tanpura and the tala
- A voice tutor that stops on the swara that slipped
- Slower, faster, or waiting for you
The practice room · Sarali varisai 3 · 45 a minute
Adi · 2 of 3 cleanTutorThat Ma came in a little low. Once more from Ga.
Tanpura · Sa at D#
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
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Start freeThe raga book
A page for every raga
Every raga under its melakarta: its arohana and avarohana to hear, what is written about it, the songs sung in it, and doors to sing its ladder back or take five questions on it.
- Every raga under its melakarta
- Its ladder to hear, its songs sung and played
- Ragas linked by their notes
Mohanam
janya of Harikambhoji · audava · 5
Arohana
SR2G3PD2S'
Avarohana
S'D2PG3R2S
Songs in Mohanam · hear them sung and played
By their notes
Same swaras as Bhoopali; a softer Ga, Shivaranjani.
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
The tala book
The talas, beat by beat
Adi, Rupaka, the chapu talas and the rest: each tala's angas drawn as you count them, its lessons, and the korvais narrated as they are spoken.
- Each tala's angas as you count them
- Its lessons, section by section
- Korvais narrated as they are spoken
Chatusra jati triputa
Adi
tala of 8 beats
Angas I₄ O O
Count it on your hand
tap · three fingers · tap · wave · tap · wave
A korvai, narrated
ta ka di mi · ta ka jo nu · ta · di mi
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
Games and quizzes
A quiz the moment you ask
Questions on the swaras, ragas, talas and composers, made for you on the spot or set by your guru, and games that train the ear and the hand.
- Questions on swaras, ragas, talas and composers
- Made on the spot, or set by your guru
- Games for the ear and the hand
Five questions on Mohanam · 3 of 5
2 right so farWhich melakarta is Mohanam usually a janya of?
Harikambhoji, the 28th: Mohanam keeps its R2, G3, P and D2 and leaves out Ma and Ni.
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
Badges
Medallions for the milestones
Each badge is struck when you reach it: your first take, a run of days with the lamp lit, ten minutes in one sitting, every answer right; and the ones your guru gives for a melody mastered or a beat kept.
- Your first take, your days at the lamp, every answer right
- Medallions your guru gives for a melody mastered
- Kept in your book
Struck in your book
Three Sittings was struck on Tuesday. Four more for the first milestone of ten.
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
Try it with your own lessons.
Start freeOn your own
On your own
No guru yet? The Library is your path
A learner on their own starts with the Library's lessons in order, from the first Sarali varisai. The tutor judges each pass against the notation; a clean pass, with the sruti, the karvai and the tala held, clears a lesson, and the next one opens.
- The Library's lessons in order, from the first exercise
- A clean pass clears a lesson
- No guru needed
Your lessons · from the Library
✓ 1 Sarali varisai 1cleared
✓ 2 Sarali varisai 2cleared
3 Sarali varisai 3next
4 Sarali varisai 4
5 Janta varisai 1
Next on your path
Sarali varisai 3
in the raga Mayamalavagowla
SR1G3M1PD1N3S'
A clean pass, with the sruti, the karvai and the tala held, clears it.
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
For gurus
For gurus · Sādhanā
Every group's week, at a glance
Each group with its students: whether the week is planned, how far the team has come, and who needs you today, stuck on a piece or not yet started.
- Every group with its students
- How far each week has come
- Who needs you today
This week · from Nov 2
day 4 of 7Harmony Heroes7 students
72% of the week · 2 stuck · 1 not started
Melody Masters6 students
48% of the week · 4 behind
Tune Troopers5 students
100% of the week · 5 cleared
Note Navigators3 students
no plan this week yet
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
For gurus · Plan
Plan the week from any book
Start from last week, from what stopped the group, or from the next lessons in the path. Then take anything from your own lessons, the Library's books, your quizzes and patterns, searched all at once.
- Start from last week, or from what stopped them
- Your lessons, the Library, quizzes and patterns in one search
- The order and the speeds for the week
Find anything: Sarali, Mohanam, a quiz…
VaraveenaGītamālā · MohanamLibrary✓
Swaras of Mayamalavagowla8 questionsQuiz✓
Kunda GowraGītamālāLibrary＋
The pieces, in order
1Sarali Varisai 345 → 60 → 70 · cleared by 6 of 7
2Ga–Ma turns30 → 45 · 23 stops from 4 students
3Kunda Gowra45 → 60 → 80
4Swaras of Mayamalavagowlaa quiz, once
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
For gurus · Watch
See who practised, and where they stopped
Every student against every piece of the week, with who needs you first at the top, and the weeks before, each ready to use again.
- Every student against every piece
- Who needs you first, at the top
- Earlier weeks, ready to use again
| Student · who needs you first | Needs | Sarali 3 | Ga–Ma | Kunda Gowra | Quiz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohan | stuck | ✓ | on it | stuck | — |
| Tara | stuck | ✓ | on it | stuck | — |
| Kabir | not started | — | — | — | — |
| Meera | behind | ✓ | on it | — | — |
| Anika | on track | ✓ | ✓ | on it | on it |
| Dev | on track | ✓ | ✓ | on it | on it |
| Isha | cleared | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
Try it with your own lessons.
Start freeFor gurus · Act
The nudge, already drafted
The week suggests who to nudge and why, with the message written for you to edit: to the student's bell, or as an email to the family that goes only when you press Send.
- The nudge drafted, with the reason
- An email to the family, sent only when you press Send
- Replies come to you
Rohan
Stopped 7 times on Ga–Ma turns, mostly at 60.
Rohan, try Ga–Ma turns at 45 tonight: two clean passes there, then back up.
Nudge in the appEmail the family…
To the family's address on file · replies come to you
A five-minute start for Kabir
Hello,
Kabir hasn't practised yet this week. Five minutes is enough to begin: open My Practice and press Practice on Sarali Varisai 3.
Thank you,
Guru Lakshmi
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
For gurus · Evaluate
Hear every take
The takes your students send, newest first, each with what the tutor heard beside it. Listen, judge, and write back in a line.
- Every take, newest first
- What the tutor heard, beside it
- Write back in a line
3 waiting · last 14 days
Anika
Sarali Varisai 2
🌿 Radiant
awaiting review
Rohan
Ga–Ma turns
🌿 Growing
awaiting review
Isha
Kunda Gowra
🌿 Radiant
reviewed
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
For gurus · Publish
Your recordings beside the Library
Publish your own reference tracks, with their raga, level and notation, as lessons in your school's path; choose which are free to every student.
- Your own recordings as lessons
- Their raga, level and notation
- Free to every student, or with a plan
Find a track
＋ New trackDrawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
The studio · Notation
Sing it, and see it written
Pick the raga and the tala, sing or play a take, and the studio writes it down as notation, ready to correct and to publish.
- Sing or play a take
- The studio writes the swaras
- Correct it and publish it
1 · The raga and the sruti
Mohanam · Sa at D# · Adi
2 · Give it a take
3 · The notation it wrote
One swara it wasn't sure of is marked for you to check.
Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
Try it with your own lessons.
Start freeThe studio · Compose
Compose on the notation
Write a melody swara by swara in its raga and tala, hear it as you go, and keep your voice on the notation beside it.
- Write swara by swara in the raga and tala
- Hear it as you go
- Your voice kept on the notation
A melody in Hamsadhwani · Adi
SR2G3PN3Drawn from the app; the students and their weeks are illustrative.
Try it with your own lessons.
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