Instruments › Mridangam
Play the mridangam
Two ways to play: tap zones on the drum for free-form improvisation, or run a theka pattern at a chosen tempo. Valanthalai (right head) is bright, Sa-tuned. Thoppi (left head) is deep, a fifth below.
261.6 Hz
Virtual Mridangam Studio
Spatial Multi-Zone Drum Heads · Live Beat Tracker · Multi-Speed Replay
Acoustic Timbre & Drum Resonance22-Śruti Physics
Tactile Spatial Touch Drum Heads
THOPPI (LEFT — BASS)
GHUMKITHOM
KA (RIM)DHA (BASE)Click center for THOM · Rim for KA
Jackwood Body
VALANTHALAI (RIGHT — TREBLE)KIT (SNAP)NAM (REPPAI)CHA
KARANAIDHIM
Click center for DHIM · Ring for CHA/NAM
Live Beat Tracker & Multi-Speed Replay
0 beats recorded · Replay with variable speed multipliers
Hit record to track your performance timeline, or tap any zone above to play live strokes.
Mōra Cadence Generator
3 × (Tha Dhi Ki Ta Thom) + 1 Akṣara Rest
Theka pattern player
Run a structured tala cycle. Useful for practicing krities along with the mridangam. 175 tala forms supported.
Theka pattern
8 beats · 0.75s/beat
1
Tha
2
Kiṭa
3
Thaka
4
Dhīmi
5
Tha
6
Kiṭa
7
Thaka
8
Jhaṃ
thathomkittanamdhidhaghajham