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AnuLaya is a tabla learning platform that connects students with teachers. Students practise and record themselves; teachers review those recordings, share their own compositions and lessons, and build a following of learners.

Find your path

Pick the guide that matches where you are:

• New learners — first time touching tabla, or new to AnuLaya. Start here.
• Experienced learners — you already play. How to use AnuLaya for daily riyaaz, find a teacher, and submit recordings for feedback.
• Teachers — run classes, share compositions and lesson playlists, and grow a student following.

Features

A reference for every screen and action in the app:

1. Browse — search, filter, and discover compositions and teachers
2. Player — playback controls and taal grid display
3. Practice Mode — listen, record, and share takes for teacher review
4. Creating Compositions — the editor, live preview, saving, and sharing
5. Laykari Trainer — polyrhythm practice and progressive difficulty
6. Playlists & Lessons — organise and share collections of compositions
7. Sharing — publish compositions and share links
8. Classes — teacher–student groups with invite codes
9. Teacher Delegates — let a senior student or co-teacher help run a class
10. Settings — display, audio, cache, and account

Composing guide

1. Notation Basics — bols, beats, rests, concatenation, and comments
2. Advanced Notation — dots, parens, repeats, speed, variables, and tihais
3. Recipes & Reference — full kaida, tukda, song — step-by-step examples

More

• Release Notes — what's new in each version
• Privacy Policy — how we handle your data
• How Scoring Works — research notes on the spectral analysis pipeline (offline only; AnuLaya does not auto-score practice — your teacher reviews shared recordings)