AnuLaya for Experienced Learners

If you already play, AnuLaya replaces three things you usually juggle separately: a metronome, a lehra box, and a way to send takes to your guru. This page is the practical shortcut — how to set the app up so it stays out of your way during riyaaz.

A daily riyaaz workflow

Open the app to the Playlists tab. The fastest setup:

1. One playlist per practice arc. Create a playlist named after the work you are drilling — Ajrada Kaida, Tukde for Solo, Lucknow Repertoire. Add the relevant compositions and set the practice tempo for each entry to the speed you are currently working at (open the row's ••• → Edit Practice Tempo).
2. Layer speeds. Under Edit Practice Tempo each composition supports multipliers — Default, 1× (theka), 2× (dugun), 3× (tigun), 4× (chaugun). Drill the same kaida at multiple layas without duplicating compositions.
3. Drive playback from the grid. On the player screen, tap a subtitle row to scope practice to a single section. Listen Section / Record Section show up on the action bar; the rest of the composition is greyed out.
4. Practice Stats keeps the log. Every take over 30 seconds is saved. Open the Practice tab → Calendar to see your streak. Open History to revisit any session — you can play it back, jump straight back into Record mode, or extract a clip.

Submit takes for teacher review

AnuLaya does not score your playing. Feedback comes from a real teacher reviewing the audio you submit.

1. After a take, the cycle picker opens. Pick the cycles you actually want reviewed (your strongest pass at the kaida, or the section you got stuck on).
2. Tap Create Clip. The clip uploads as a recording — the full session stays in Practice Stats, the clip is the shareable artifact.
3. From the clip sheet, choose Post to Class. The recording lands in your class's Recordings tab where the teacher can play it back, leave timestamped comments, and reply.

You can also revisit any past session from Practice Stats and create a clip after the fact. See Practice Mode for the full reference.

Lehra and tempo as living tools

The Practice tab → Lehra sub-tab is a standalone lehra box: choose raag, laya, and Base Sa. Use it when you are doing kaida riyaaz away from any composition. The same lehra plays under Listen mode and Record mode when a composition's playlist entry is configured for it.

For laykari practice, the Practice tab → Laykari sub-tab is a polyrhythm trainer with progressive difficulty — see the Laykari Trainer reference.

Finding teachers and material at your level

Most experienced learners use AnuLaya for two kinds of discovery:

• Specific compositions or styles. The Browse tab filters by taal, category (kaida, rela, tukda, tihai, theka, song), and an Expert Only toggle that hides beginner content. If you are looking for a Lucknow-style tukda or an Ajrada kaida, this is the fastest path.
• A teacher whose taste you respect. Tap a composition you like, note the author, and look at their other published work via the Browse list. Public playlists in Playlists → Discover often map to a teacher's lesson sequence — follow one to keep their additions in your library automatically.

When you want feedback rather than just material, ask the teacher for a class invite code. Joining a class adds a Class segment to Browse (compositions the teacher posted to that class) and unlocks the recording-review loop above.

Working across multiple teachers

A common case: you study with a primary teacher and occasionally workshop with others.

• Each class is independent. You can be in several at once, each with its own composition library, recordings feed, and playlists.
• The Classes tab lists every class you teach or have joined. Tap one to see its compositions, recordings, members, and playlists.
• A composition shared into one class is not visible from the other unless the teacher explicitly posts it there. Recordings work the same way — when you post a clip you choose which class it goes to.

Two habits that pay off

• Caption your clips. Before tapping Post to Class, add a one-line note ("Tried the dugun at 90 — Sam felt unstable in the third aavartan"). Teachers respond faster and more specifically when they know what you were working on.
• Promote your best take to a reference recording. From the cycle picker, the Promote to Reference action attaches the audio to the composition itself. Anyone who opens it in Listen mode hears your version (at the tempo you recorded). Useful for compositions you teach informally to others.

Where to go next

• Practice Mode — full reference for record, cycle picker, clips, and Practice Stats.
• Playlists & Lessons — playlist tempos, multipliers, and following teachers.
• Classes — the teacher-side and student-side of class membership.
• Composing — once you start writing your own bandishes.