The Best App for Indian Music and Much More – iTablaPro Review

I have been using iTabla for quite a number of years now and use it almost daily. For many years I was a student of North Indian classical music, and for many years since, I have been a jazz musician, retaining many of the ideas and concepts of Indian music. So in addition to practicing ragas and talas, I also use it for less traditional purposes, such as non-traditional tanpura tunings, and for general practice in odd meters. Also, every musician can benefit from practicing regularly with a drone, as it can greatly improve your subtle sense of pitch. The app is also extremely well designed, and I would recommend it not just for students of Indian music (for whom it is really essential), but for any musician who wants to practice modal music with configurable drone accompaniment, or wants to practice in a wide variety of metric patterns. It also can provide a very useful background for all sorts of vocal exercises. Unless you have a couple of decent Indian musicians who can accompany you whenever you want, you should have this app, and probably even then.
Review by rcgordon on iTablaPro.