SurSadhak: Tabla & Tanpura

Asterbyte Software Systems Pvt. Ltd

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About this app

SurSadhak is the complete Indian classical music practice companion. Play realistic Tabla, Tanpura, Harmonium, Sur Peti, Swar Mandal, and Manjira — all in one app. Practice 100+ raags, compose multi-section songs, scan Bhatkhande notation with AI, and record studio-quality mixes.

🎹 HARMONIUM
Play a 36-key keyboard spanning 3 octaves with authentic sound. Select from 100+ raags and practice interactively — auto-play aaroh, avroh, pakad, and alaap with note-by-note visual guidance. Enable raag-guided key highlighting and play smooth meend glides between notes.

🎵 RAAG PRACTICE
Explore 100+ raags with complete definitions: aaroh (ascending scale), avroh (descending scale), pakad (signature phrase), and alaap (exposition). Follow along with Bhatkhande swar notation and a synchronized Tanpura drone.

📷 AI NOTATION SCANNING
Point your camera at any Bhatkhande notation sheet and let AI extract the notes automatically. Recognizes Devanagari swar notation, komal/teevra accents, octave markers, sustain marks, and lyrics — all taal-aware for beat-aligned output.

🎼 SONG COMPOSITION
Build multi-section songs with independent instrument control per section. Choose Tabla, Tanpura, Sur Peti, Swar Mandal, or Manjira for each section. Add custom audio tracks, Bhatkhande notation, and lyrics. Share your compositions with the SurSadhak community.

🥁 TABLA — 49 TAALS, 100+ VARIATIONS
Control tempo (25–300 BPM), volume, pitch, and scale. Every rhythm cycle covered:

Metronome mode
4 beats: Pauri
5 beats: Ardha Jhaptaal, Jhampak, Yamuna, Soolfakhta
5.5 beats: Shashanka
6 beats: Dadra, Dakshinatya Rupak, Sasthi
6.5 beats: Ardha Jai Taal
7 beats: Pashto, Rupak, Teevra, Moghuli, Saatva
7.5 beats: Neel Taal
8 beats: Keherva (incl. Ghazal, Qawwali, Bhajani), Jat Taal
8.5 beats: Ardha Shikhar, Ashta Jhaptaal
9 beats: Matta Taal, Shiva Taal
9.5 beats: Kalawati, Sunand Taal
10 beats: Jhaptaal, Sadra, Soolfaak, Sool Taal
10.5 beats: Sardha Rupak
11 beats: Rudra Taal, Chartal-ki-Sawari, Bhaanmati
12 beats: Chautaal, Ektaal
13 beats: Jai Taal
14 beats: Jhoomra, Farodust, Ada Chautaala, Deepchandi, Dhamaar
15 beats: Pancham Sawari
16 beats: TeenTaal, Addha/Sitarkhani, Tilwada, Gajamukha, Chachar
17 beats: Shikhar Taal
19 beats: Inder Taal

🎶 TANPURA & MORE INSTRUMENTS
Tanpura with three swar options (Pa, Ma, Ni), adjustable scale and volume. Sur Peti, Swar Mandal, and Manjira for complete accompaniment.

🎙️ RECORDING STUDIO
Record with a visual waveform editor — zoom, scroll, and edit with beat markers overlaid. Selective instrument mix lets you choose exactly which instruments to capture. Export as high-quality AAC audio.

✨ KEY FEATURES
• Practice anytime, even offline
• Mic capture for voice and external instruments
• Bhatkhande notation editor with Devanagari swar display
• SurSadhak Songs Community — share and discover compositions
• SurSadhak Premium — unlock exclusive taals, unlimited recording, and a premium badge

Join SurSadhak and elevate your Indian classical music journey!

Ratings and reviews

This is a great & pretty app, but I can only give two stars, because it has a huge flaw that makes it almost useless, at least for me (and anyone who likes to adjust the speed while playing). When you change the tabla's bpm's the beat starts over from 1, no matter where you're at in the current beat, so unless you hit the key exactly at the end of the beat your rhythm will be off. If the new speed could be applied while keeping the beat going (or when the next beat starts) that would fix it. Thx

The thoughts are great behind developing this app but it fails to serve the purposes as the tabla fails to keep the tempo, the manjira is not properly synced with the tabla, harmonium should have more sustain, the raaga playback has to be much more improved and synced with tabla. But I trust you guys will definitely reach there very soon when the app will overcome these issues. Keep improving and updating. Peace🌸

app is good but after 5.6.1 update, tabla pitch/scale is out of sync with tanpura on Samsung galaxy S6 lite tab and samsung m31s phone. asterbyte please resolve this issue. we also do not see version 5.6.3 on above devices but we can see this version on other devices. please suggest a solution

What’s new

Auto-play instruments on tab click
Added support for Vilambit Ektaal, Tilwada and Ada Chautaala
Better support for recording with screen-off
Bug fix to sync Manjira with Tabla
Improved sound for Jhaptaal