You can, of course, use the Virtual Live Tanpura for vocal or any other accompaniment also. It is constructed with high quality Tanpura recordings and allows you to choose your Sa out of the twelve notes of an octave - just with a click of your mouse! The strings of this Tanpura are tuned to a reference of A=440Hz and are in the most common configuration of Pa Sa Sa Sa. Music has always been an integral part of human life across civilisations, cultures. Here is Virtual Live Tanpura for you to practice / play Bansuri with. And the pitch is not really affected by playing style. Having Tanpura as an accompaniment is not absolutely necessary in case of string instruments like Sarod and Sitar as the instrument is tuned to the tonic SA each time prior to playing, thereby 'freezing' the tonic pitch.The 1st and the 4th string can be made of Bronze or Brass depending on the pitch range of Tanpura.The first is the old set, followed by a 1 minute shruti set at 440Hz, followed by a long 8 minute file (about 40MB).
SHRUTI FOR CARNATIC MUSIC ONLINE DOWNLOAD
Click on a shruti to download (Please download to your computer and save rather than clicking on the file each time). The long neck portion of Tanpura is made of hollowed out wood and the round bottom of dried gourd. For each file, the Western note and the kaTTai or shruti level are given.Tanpura can be as tall as 60" or as small as 30".The 2nd and the 3rd to second octave Sa and the 4th to tonic Sa. The 1st one tuned to Pa (sometimes ma, Ni or any other note important to the raga being played). I am a teacher, teaching carnatic classical vocal music since 4 years, and have been learning from my childhood from my gurus Vid. Classes: Carnatic Music Classes Online, Singing Classes for Kids and more.
Besides these, Tanpura produces a whole range of rich natural harmonics (jawari in Hindi). Sriranjani S(12) Basaveshwara Nagar, Bangalore. Tanpura serves this purpose very well as it not only provides the root note Sa but also another note - specific to the particular raga being performed, usually Pancham or Pa (the fifth note). Having reference tone playing in the background can come in real handy here to help the bansuri player stay latched onto the tonic pitch or Sa. Also, during a long playing session the player may get fatigued and loose pitch in the process. In case of Bansuri, even if the player is an expert, the sound being produced can have pitch variations depending upon style, force and angle of blowing during a playing session. The drone produced, most commonly using a Tanpura ( तानपूरा in Hindi) (tambura in Carnatic tradition), serves the all important function of helping the musician stay on their pitch. One of the most commonly associated musical system of the Southern part of India is the CARNATIC MUSIC.It is believed that the origin of Classical music is from the Hindu God and Godesses.The saints Purandharadasa ( 15th century A.D.), Thyagarajar, Shyama Saastri ( all of 18th century A.D. In Indian classical music, both Hindustani and Carnatic, drone is considered to be an essential accompaniment for the musician.