iShala - practice Indian music

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About this app

iShala is an Indian music mobile app that provides flawless accompaniment for classical music practice, be it vocal, instrumental or rhythmic. It comes in 2 Editions: Standard and Pro (previously known as Premium).

It features:

• 6 Tanpuras (10 on Pro Edition)
• 2 Tablas (3 on Pro Edition)
• a Swarmandal
• a Vibraphone (Pro Edition only)
• a Harmonium
• 3 Manjeeras (6 on Pro Edition)

all fully customisable in practice sessions that can then be loaded on demand. It effectively replaces a tabla machine, a lehra player and an electronic tanpura. It is therefore an ideal tool for anyone practicing Indian classical music, or just wishing to jam along virtual Indian musicians on any other musical style.

iShala includes over 60 rhythmic cycles, melodies in more than 110 ragas and 7 different tempos. You can also create your own ragas and fine-tune each of their notes at micro-tones (or shrutis) level. Possible combinations are thus nothing short of endless!

Along with accompaniment, iShala now also corrects your pitch (Pro Edition only)! Sing/play freely or over a harmonium melody and iShala will highlight any discrepancy from the correct note. This is an incredible tool to improve your pitch accuracy.

iShala initially comes in Standard Edition, but you can upgrade it to Pro Edition through an In-App purchase option. These are one-time payments; whatever the edition you choose, you can use the app forever.

For more detailed info on features per edition, check the following topic: https://www.swarclassical.com/guides/ishala/topic.php?product=is&id=18

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Some sweet words from our users:

"Best tanpura app. Concert like. Fully satisfied. I think incomparable with others. Price also reasonable compared to others. Anyone can perform even on stage with this app."

"Amazing tool for your daily solo practice. Thanks for this help for music students. Love it, God bless"

"This app is best investment for Indian classical musicians. I own this app for almost 4 years and I would say it's value for money. It is best app for riyaz with amazing tabla and tanpura."

"After using this app for more than 1 year I am writing genuine review about this app. Wonderful service from the team. Even when I had queries and when I was in need of assistance, they replied through Email and helped me within 10 minutes. App is wonderful which I am using for my music practice, it's helping me a lot. If u are a true music learner, I would recommend this. Thanks a lot to the team members and developers of this IShala app."

"Excellent app. Best for riyaz. Fine sounds. Perfectly tuned instruments."

"Just one word... Perfect !!"

"Excellent App. Wonderful to do Riyaz with this App. Best on the market. Well worth the price. Well done to the developers."

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Ratings and reviews

I have purchased the Pro version, but the app is not working properly. Many of the taals are missing. Before purchasing the app, there were several variations of the Keherwa taal available. However, after upgrading to the Pro version, all the variations have suddenly disappeared, and now only one version is visible. Additionally, the speed control is not functioning correctly. This has been a complete waste of money so far. Please fix these issues as soon as possible.

Very sorry to be writing this review 😔 A very useless app. It's very inconvenient and there is no option for scale change. You have to do it yourself by tuning the tabla and bayan to different swars and find your scale. On top of all these problems, it costs ₹1000 rupees. There are many other apps on playstore that are free but much, much better than this. I trusted this app but now my trust is broken💔. I am very sorry to have to write such a bad review. I hope you guys will fix these issues.

Hi developers. I hope you remember to reply my mails. Even it is a good app on Android for music purposes but lack of a voice recorder makes it a lot weak . I several times sent you mails regarding this but no one responded me . please see sursadhak aap and learn where and how voice recorder should be given and do this fast. then it will be the best app for music

What’s new

ENHANCEMENTS:
- new option to retrieve rhythmic and melodic items posted on the cloud from SwarShala!*
FIXES:
- light notification text colour on dark mode
- fixed speed multiplier for Manjeera
- faster sessions loading
- AUTO tune button highlighted when active*
- new item automatically selected after recording*
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* Pro Edition only