Tihai Shastra

Tihai Shastra is an app to compose and play tihai, a polyrhythmic phrase typically used to conclude a piece in hindustani music. A Tihai composition consists of a pala (with or without pause or gap) which is repeated three times and lands on the sum or start of the taal. The app can be used for kathak / tabla / hindustani vocal singing practice. ★ Guide Mode - To guide the choice of tihai to start from any matra of a given taal ★ Compose Mode - To compose tihai with pala lengths of upto 48 matra ★ Choose to play tihai in any of the 6 different gun (speeds) : Barabar to chegun ★ Play tihai in more than 15 taal teka ★ Play teka with tihai in the selected taal at different speeds ★ Save the composed tihai into a library/collection for subsequent retrieval ★ Display of vibhag along with the teka ★ Display tabla bols in 3 different languages : • English • देवनागरी (Devanagari, Hindi) and • Roman Transliteration ★ Indication of the matra and avartan while playing the teka with tihai ★ Visual indication of the hand clap or wave ★ Optional Metronome with Ghunghru while playing teka with tihai TihaiShastra is developed by SiddhiSadhana the developers of ★ Lehra Box - A lehra player for your tabla practice, ★ Lehra Box Composer - Compose your own lehra and play through your LehraBox ★ Laya Tarang - For tabla, kathak or hindustani music practice, to sharpen Layakari skills ★ Shruthi Laya - A collection of carnatic music lessons for beginners