An always-in-tune tanpura for daily riyaz
The tanpura is Hindustani music's harmonic foundation — a four-string drone that never stops while you sing or play. SurSadhak's tanpura is built from real string samples, tuned to Pa, Ma or Ni, in any scale, and runs continuously under every other instrument. It's free, with no time limit.
Three tunings
Choose Pa, Ma or Ni as the second string, matching the raag or song you're practising.
Any scale
Set your Sa once and the tanpura, tabla and harmonium all follow it.
Free, unlimited
No Premium requirement and no daily time limit on the drone itself.
A drone you can build the rest of your practice on
Every one of SurSadhak's 117 raags specifies its own tanpura tuning — the four strings a raag is traditionally accompanied by — so switching raags in Raag Practice retunes the drone automatically. Outside raag practice, set the tanpura manually and layer tabla, harmonium, swar mandal or manjira on top, then record whichever combination you want to keep.
About the tanpura
Which swar can the tanpura drone use?
Pa, Ma or Ni, in addition to Sa — the same three options a physical tanpura is tuned to for most raags.
Can I run the tanpura with other instruments?
Yes — it plays continuously alongside the tabla, harmonium, swar mandal and manjira in the same session, and can be included or muted when you record.
Is the tanpura a real recording or synthesised?
It's built from real tanpura samples across the four strings, pitch-shifted to your chosen scale rather than a synthesiser tone.