Tihai Shastra

About Tihai Shastra Android App

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