Shazam for raagas
Play it a few seconds of Carnatic or Hindustani music: it names the raaga, and shows you how to recognise it yourself.
Identify a raaga
Works best with a tanpura or shruti-box drone under the melody. The tonic (Sa) is found from it.
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About 15–30 seconds of melody is enough. At a concert, just let it hear the singer over the drone.
The tanpura drone fixes the tonic (Sa). Every note is then heard relative to it, the way a listener does.
The top three raagas with honest confidence, the Sa it heard, and a plain-language note on how to hear that raaga.
Yes, a concert has a tanpura drone, which is exactly what it needs to find the tonic. Point your phone at the stage for about 30 seconds. Solo singing with no drone is unreliable.
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