Games
Reading about music isn't the same as hearing it. These games score you on listening and playing — not on picking the right answer off a page.
Name the scale you hear
Guess the Raga
A raga's notes play going up or coming down. Pick which raga it was, from a shuffled set.
Echo a phrase
Play It Back
Listen to a short phrase, then play it back on your keyboard. Scored on the notes and the timing.
Name the note
Swara Ear Training
One note plays. Say which it was: Sa, Re, Ga and so on (the notes are called swaras).
Find beat one
Sam Landing
A drum pattern loops. Tap where you feel it start over (that first beat is called sam).
What note comes next?
Complete the Phrase
A scale plays and stops partway. Pick the note it goes to next.
Which line of the song was that?
Name That Line
One line of a song plays on the sitar with no words. Pick which line it was.
Tap the beat
Laya Keeper
The drums loop. Tap every beat along with them and see whether you rush or drag (keeping the pulse is called laya).
A rhythm puzzle
Tihai Builder
Build a short phrase that, played three times, lands exactly on beat one (a phrase like that is called a tihai).
Name a raga from one phrase
Raga Detective
The harder version: you hear only a raga's short signature phrase, and name the raga.
Catch the heart note
Vadi Spotter
Notes from a raga stream past. Tap the instant you hear its most important note (called the vadi).