VoiceX

An app for Hindustani/Carnatic vocalists to practice their alankars/scales

Need help practicing your Hindustani/Carnatic alankars? This app allows you to choose a thaat/raag enter a pattern to iterate over, letting you use it as a guide to improve your vocal accuracy, range and speed, making it useful for beginners and experts alike. The app allows the key, tempo, scale, instrument, and pattern to be adjusted freely.

Traditionally you need to play the pattern on an instrument such as an harmonium to help you stay on key as you practice your alankars/scales. The app will help you to practice at your own pace as many times as you need with out the need of playing an instrument.

Practice your alankars/scales anywhere and everywhere with this simple yet very powerful app . You will need a lifetime to practice all the millions of combinations and permutations possible with this app. Have a great musical journey. Please rate this app and provide your feedback.

Acknowledgements:

I dedicate this app to the following people who have inspired me.

My guru and Hindustani music teacher Shri. Hemant Kulkarni, Svara Sangam school of music, Dayton NJ USA.

My Computer Science teacher Ms. Graciela Elia at Princeton High School, Princeton, NJ USA.