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The online lesson room for Indian classical music.

Teach Carnatic and Hindustani lessons with the tanpura, shruti box and metronome built in. Homework, practice and fees stay in the same account.

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  • 14 days of Teacher Pro
  • No card needed
  • Free for your students

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One room for the whole lesson.

Sheet music, the people in the class and the tanpura on one screen. Press play to hear the tanpura from the app.

Tanpura Shared with class

The product’s own tanpura. It plays in your browser.

An illustration of a Svaraswati lesson: a page of sheet music the teacher is pointing at, three people, and the tanpura shared with the class.

An illustration of a lesson; the people in it are examples.

Five apps, brought into one lesson room.

Video calls were made for meetings. Many online music lessons are held together with five apps that were never meant to work together. Svaraswati brings them into one room.

Today With Svaraswati
A video call that filters out the soft notes An audio engine built for voice and instrument, not meetings
A tanpura app on a second phone One shared tanpura and shruti box, set by the teacher
A talam app on a third A metronome every student hears on the same clock
Notation sent over WhatsApp Sheet music on screen, with the teacher pointing at the line
Recordings nobody can find next week Homework, practice logs and fees in one account

A lesson app with an audio engine built for music.

Teacher and students join from the Svaraswati app on a phone, tablet or computer. Everything a music lesson needs is built in and one tap away.

Audio made for voice and instrument

Svaraswati has its own audio engine, built for music rather than meetings: no filters that flatten soft notes. With wired headphones and a cable, music sync mode trims the delay further for playing along.

Control of every student’s sound

The teacher’s mixer shows every student’s level and delay, with a fader for each. A student can share their tuner reading so you see the pitch, not just hear it.

MixerOnly you

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Instruments shared with the class

Start the tanpura, shruti box or metronome once and every student hears it on their own device, started together on a synced clock. It never goes through your microphone.

MetronomeShared with class

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  • Sheet music on screen

    Open a PDF in the lesson and point at the line you mean. Play a backing track or karaoke video that everyone follows.

  • Honest about the internet

    A light shows the delay to each person. When it’s too long to play in time, the app moves to call-and-response: you lead, and the student plays along with what they hear.

  • A calm, well-run class

    Raised hands queue in order, reactions float up, and you can ask a student to unmute or mute them. Up to five people in an app lesson; bigger classes and recitals open in the browser.

Every practice tool, built in.

Open them on their own for daily riyaz, or bring them into a lesson. The tanpura, shruti box, metronome and tuner come into every app lesson; the rest work in the browser. There is no separate app to buy.

Adi 4 + 2 + 2

Taalam

All 35 suladi talas with nadai and eduppu, the chapu talas, and Teentaal, Ektaal and Rupak, with sam, tali and khali shown as you go.

Swara graph

Sing, and see your pitch drawn against the swaras of your Sa. The line turns green when you’re within 10 cents, and the raga’s notes are highlighted.

  • Tanpura & shruti box

    Any kattai, fine-tuned to the cent, with Pa, Ma or Ni first. Or pick shruti box reeds in just or equal temperament.

  • Tabla & mridangam

    Tabla thekas from recorded strokes, and mridangam patterns tuned to your Sa, at 40–400 BPM.

  • Metronome

    Tap tempo, subdivisions and time signatures from 2/4 to 7/8, plus a count-in for the class.

  • Tuner

    Seven presets, including Swara (relative to Sa), Carnatic violin, veena and sitar.

  • Raga card

    Pick a raga, from the 72 melakartas to common janyas, read its arohanam and avarohanam, and hear it at your Sa.

  • Keyboard

    An on-screen or MIDI keyboard that everyone in the lesson can hear.

  • Reference track

    Slow a recording to 50% or shift its key. Loop the hard phrase, then sing along and record.

  • Lesson settings

    Set Sa, tala, BPM and raga once in a browser lesson, and every student’s tools follow along.

See each student’s practice between lessons.

Most of the learning happens between classes. Svaraswati shows it to the teacher, the student and the parent.

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  • Recorded homework, with your feedback

    Set homework after the lesson. Students record a take and submit it, and you hear it and reply: meets the bar, or needs another go, with a note on what to work on.

  • Guided riyaz routines

    Build a routine of up to 12 steps, such as 3 minutes of tanpura, then Adi at 60 BPM, then the swara graph in Mayamalavagowla. Every tool opens already set up.

  • Practice log and streaks

    Students log a few minutes of practice a day, and guided routines add their own time. Streaks keep the habit going.

  • Progress, and a weekly note home

    See each student’s minutes this week, their streak, homework and attendance, with an 8-week chart. Send parents the weekly summary on WhatsApp in one tap.

  • A library of lessons

    On Teacher Pro and Academy, browser lessons can be recorded with the moments you marked. Share a recording, or turn a moment into homework.

Run your whole academy from one account.

Svaraswati is built for music academies: each teacher’s classroom sits inside a space that is yours. The Academy plan starts with five teachers.

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  • Your academy’s own address

    Your teachers and students go to yourname.svaraswati.com, a home that belongs to your academy, with your name, logo and colours.

  • Teachers, roles and sign-in

    Invite teachers, and set who is an owner, an admin or a teacher. Everyone signs in with their own email and password.

  • Classes on a weekly timetable

    Give each class its days and times, recurring or one-time. Teachers and students see the week ahead and join from there.

  • Students and parents

    Import students from a spreadsheet. Each student, or a parent for one or more children, signs in to see their classes, homework and progress.

  • Fees, paid online

    Set a monthly fee for each class. Connect your own Razorpay account and parents pay by UPI, card or netbanking, and the fee is marked paid. A UPI QR code works too.

  • An admin view of every class

    See today’s lessons, who is live now, attendance and usage across the academy, and close a lesson when you need to.

  • Private lessons, careful with data

    Lessons are invite-only and audio and video are encrypted in transit. Recording consent is asked for before anyone joins, a guardian gives consent for a child, and staff actions are written to an audit log.

  • Your data, yours to take

    Export your students as a spreadsheet, or your whole academy as one download, whenever you like.

  • An API for platforms

    Booking platforms can create lessons and personal join links through our API and receive webhooks.

Set up in three steps.

  1. Set up your classes

    Sign up, name your academy and add each class with its days and times. Bring your students in from a list.

  2. Students get the app

    Each student, or a parent for a child, gets an invitation, installs the free app and signs in. Their lessons are waiting.

  3. Teach, then assign

    Join from the app, set the sruti, share the tanpura and metronome, and leave homework before you say goodbye.

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Transparent pricing. Students never pay.

Teachers and academies pay a monthly plan; students and parents use the app free. Every new academy starts with 14 days of Teacher Pro, with no card needed.

Teacher

For an independent teacher

₹799 a month or $12 a month outside India

  • Up to 6 people in a lesson
  • About 50 hours of one-to-one lessons a month
  • Every practice tool, shared in the lesson
  • Homework, routines and progress
  • Class fees paid online
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Teacher Pro

For a teacher with a full studio Your free trial plan.

₹1,499 a month or $24 a month outside India

  • Everything in Teacher
  • Up to 10 people in a lesson
  • About 100 hours of one-to-one lessons a month
  • Audio recording, 40 hours a month
  • Audience links for 20 at a recital
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Academy

For a school of teachers

₹5,999 a month or $89 a month outside India

  • Five teachers included
  • Up to 25 people in a lesson
  • About 250 hours of one-to-one lessons a month
  • Audio and video recording, kept 180 days
  • Audience links for 50
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Platform

For booking and learning platforms

Talk to us Priced for your platform

  • Lessons through our API
  • Webhooks for your systems
  • Limits and terms made for you
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Founding teachers: the first 100 teachers who choose a plan before 31 March 2027 get 40% off for their first year.

Indian prices are before GST. Every plan includes the apps, your academy’s own address and branding.

What works today, and what comes next.

Here is what is available now and what we plan. There are no dates: the teachers who use Svaraswati help us decide the order.

Available Working in Svaraswati today

  • The Svaraswati app for iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and Windows
  • Our own audio engine for music, with music sync mode
  • Tanpura, shruti box, metronome and tuner shared in the lesson
  • Teacher’s mixer with each student’s level and delay
  • Sheet music, backing tracks and karaoke video in the lesson
  • Taalam with all 35 suladi talas, tabla, mridangam, swara graph, raga card
  • Browser lessons for bigger classes, with recording and audience links
  • Homework, guided routines, practice log and progress
  • Academy accounts on your own address, with your branding
  • Classes on a weekly timetable, students and parents with their own sign-in
  • Class fees paid online through your own Razorpay account
  • Self-serve sign-up with a free trial

Planned Next, then later

  • Recording, chat and notation inside app lessons
  • Scored homework: pitch and timing against your own voice
  • Lesson and fee reminders by email
  • Calendar feeds, holidays and moving a single lesson
  • Makeup credits and lesson packs
  • Levels, certificates and exam preparation
  • Recitals with a programme and an audience page
  • Seeing a student’s live pitch graph during the lesson
  • Receipts for fees
  • Lehra and nagma for Hindustani practice
  • Notation in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Devanagari
  • Your phone as a second camera

Questions teachers ask.

Something else? Write to [email protected].

Do my students need to install anything?

Yes, the free Svaraswati app, on an iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet, Mac or Windows computer. It’s what lets us tune the sound for music. If a student can’t install it, switch that lesson to the browser and everyone joins from a web page. Classes of more than five, and recitals, run in the browser too.

How does the free trial work?

Sign up with your email, name your academy and you get 14 days of Teacher Pro, with no card needed. Before it ends, pick a plan and pay by UPI or card. Your classes, students and homework stay as they are.

Can I set any sruti, like 4½ kattai?

Yes. Pick any of the twelve keys and fine-tune in cents, with the tanpura’s first string on Pa, Ma or Ni. Share it and every student’s tanpura retunes at once.

Does my student hear the tanpura too?

Yes. Share it with the class and it plays on each student’s own device, clean and in sync, rather than through your microphone.

Can we sing together in real time?

The internet always adds some delay, so singing in perfect unison isn’t possible on any platform. Svaraswati shows you the delay to each student, starts shared instruments together on a synced clock, and switches to call-and-response when the delay is too long. With wired headphones and a cable, music sync mode keeps the delay as short as we can.

Is it only for Carnatic music?

Carnatic comes first, but Hindustani taals, the tabla, swara names and notation are all there. Western teachers use the metronome, tuner and reference track too.

How do parents pay class fees?

Connect your academy’s own Razorpay account and parents pay each month by UPI, card or netbanking; the fee is marked paid for you. The money goes straight to you, and Svaraswati takes no commission. You can also show your UPI QR code and mark payments by hand.

Are lessons private?

Lessons are invite-only, audio and video are encrypted in transit, and you can remove a student from a lesson. Everyone agrees to recording before they join, and a guardian gives consent for a child.

Teach your first lesson this week.

Start with 14 days of Teacher Pro, no card needed. Set up a class, invite a student and teach.

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Running an academy with several teachers, or a platform that books lessons? Tell us about it and we’ll help you move your classes across.

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