Game by game
Rules & scoring for every game
What it is. Six questions about how you listen to Bollywood music, and one of six archetypes with your signature song.
How to play. Answer honestly, tap through, then read your result card. Every archetype ends with the song we would teach you first.
๐ก Share your archetype to WhatsApp and see how many of your friends get the same one.
What it is. A new Hindi song every day. You hear a 1-second clip first โ each wrong guess extends it by 1 second, six tries total.
How to play. Press play, type or tap a guess. Green means you are right. Use โ Extend to hear more without wasting a guess, or ๐ณ๏ธ Reveal it when you are stumped.
๐ก Play every day โ the song is chosen from the date, so everyone in the world gets the same one. ๐ง Practice round is unlimited.
What it is. Tap along with Teentaal (16 beats), Jhaptaal (10) or Ektaal (12) and get scored in milliseconds.
How to play. Press ๐ Hear one cycle first so the groove sits in your head, then Start and tap on every bead. โค40 ms = perfect (100), โค80 = great (75), โค150 = ok (50).
๐ก Tap with your foot, not your finger โ bigger muscle groups keep better time. ๐ฅ Restart reruns the cycle, โฒ Reset best clears your score.
What it is. Six guesses to find todayโs raga. You get its time of day and aaroh/avaroh (ascending/descending notes) as clues.
How to play. Pick swaras to build a name and press Guess. Letters turn green/purple/gold like word games โ the joker note tells you which swara appears twice.
๐ก Start with the arohana clues: if Sa Ga Re Pa comes back partly green, the raga is probably from that family.
What it is. Sixty seconds of guitar chord diagrams โ tap the name before the clock runs out.
How to play. Look at the diagram, tap the matching chord button (or press its key). Correct = +1 with streak bonus; wrong = a miss. โฒ Reset run gives you a fresh minute.
๐ก Read the root note first (the lowest string in the shape) โ it eliminates half the options instantly.
What it is. Ten short sounds โ sitar, guitar, tabla, flute and more โ you name the instrument each time.
How to play. Press play, choose from the options, and get instant feedback plus a one-line fact about the sound you just heard.
๐ก Listen for the attack: plucked strings bite, bowed strings slide, flutes breathe.
What it is. Play a Bollywood melody note by note on an on-screen keyboard โ with a guide showing the next key.
How to play. Tap the highlighted key to continue. Wrong keys are ignored gently; there is no fail state, just melody.
๐ก Turn the guide off in the options once you can play it clean โ that is when your ear takes over.
What it is. Drag Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni into the right order โ the seven swaras of Indian classical music.
How to play. Tap or drag tiles into sequence, then check. Correct pairs lock green; wrong ones shuffle back.
๐ก Sing each name out loud as you place it: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa is the scale going up.
What it is. Hear a track and pick which instruments are actually playing behind the vocals.
How to play. Select every instrument you hear, then lock it in. Each correct pick plays just that stem so you can hear what you caught.
๐ก Listen for the tabla first โ it is the most distinct attack in any Bollywood arrangement.
What it is. Hear a chord, then name real Bollywood songs that use it โ 60 seconds on the clock.
How to play. Type a song title, press Enter. If it genuinely uses that chord it counts; the chord rings out again to keep you locked in.
๐ก Think of songs by the mood: the EmโDโC family is where most sad ballads live.
What it is. You get a lyric line โ pick the melody it is actually sung to from four options.
How to play. Play each option, then tap the match. Correct matches play the full phrase with the lyric highlighted in time.
๐ก Hum the lyric first at the speed you would say it โ the right melody usually matches your natural rhythm.
What it is. Eight Bollywood sounds from the 1950s to the 2020s โ guess which decade each one belongs to.
How to play. Hear the phrase, drag the needle on the timeline to a year, then Lock year. Score = 100 minus 4 points per year of distance.
๐ก Orchestration is the giveaway: strings-and-violins say 60sโ70s, disco says late 70s, synths say 80sโ90s.
What it is. Hear a raga phrase and match it to its mood โ shringar (love), karuna (pathos), veer (valour), hasya (mirth) and more.
How to play. Press play, pick the mood, and read the one-line note that explains why that raga fits it.
๐ก Time of day is the shortcut: many raga moods are tied to dawn, dusk or night in the tradition.
What it is. Fifteen riffs โ sitar, guitar, or a trick question โ and you choose the instrument.
How to play. Listen (there is a replay), pick the instrument, and get the timbre fact behind the sound.
๐ก Buzz = sympathetic strings (sitar). Clean sustain with fret slides = guitar.
What it is. A silent Bollywood scene: pick percussion, melodic layer and mood pad, then play it back as a score.
How to play. Stack layers on the timeline, press play, and the scene reacts with on-screen direction notes from a music director.
๐ก Try the tabla with a flute over a night scene โ that combination scores most romantic sequences.
What it is. A note drifts flat or sharp โ slide it back into tune by ear. The needle only appears after you lock, so you cannot cheat by eye.
How to play. Play, listen, drag the pitch control, press Lock. The closer you are in cents, the higher the score.
๐ก Hum your reference note before you drag โ your voice gives your ear an anchor.
What it is. An endless runner where every jump, duck and step lands on the theka of the tabla.
How to play. Tap/space to jump, swipe down to duck. Your combo multiplier climbs only while your moves sit on the beat.
๐ก Count the theka out loud (Dha Dhin Dha Dha / Dha Dhin Dha Dha) and move on Dha.
What it is. Five strummed riffs from five countries โ match each one to where it comes from.
How to play. Hear the riff, pick the country, and get a one-line note on the rhythm that defines it.
๐ก Notice the meter: 7/8 feels Balkan, that 12/8 shuffle is often African or Cuban.
What it is. One ten-second music lesson a day โ a chord, a rhythm, an ear trick โ plus a streak.
How to play. Read the card, tap I learnt this to bank the day and grow the streak. Tomorrow unlocks a new one.
๐ก Do it before your practice session: one micro-idea per day compounds fast over a month.
FAQ
Common questions
Do I need to install anything?
No. Every game is a web page that runs in the browser on Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Mac or Linux. There is no app, no account and no email sign-up โ just open a game and press play.
Why is there no sound until I tap?
Mobile browsers block audio until you interact with the page. Your first tap starts the AudioContext, and every sound after that plays normally. If you ever see ๐ Sound off, tap it to re-enable.
Are the songs real recordings?
By default you hear a synth rendition โ the real melody notes played with a browser-synthesised voice (tune intact, no copyrighted recording). Teachers can drop royalty-free MP3s into assets/audio/ and list them in assets/audio/library.json; every game automatically prefers real samples over synthesis when they exist.
What is stored on my device?
Only your game progress: daily results, streaks and best scores, kept in your browser's localStorage. Nothing is uploaded, there is no tracking and clearing your browser data resets everything. โฒ Reset buttons on the games clear your attempt immediately.
How do sharing and challenge links work?
Every result card has WhatsApp, X, Facebook and copy-link buttons. The text is pre-written with your score, and the link points at the game so your friends open the same challenge.
Is this really free? What's the catch?
Free forever, no ads in the way. House of Musicians is a music academy in Lucknow (est. 2012, 2000+ students) โ the games exist so you discover that lessons exist. Every CTA opens WhatsApp on +91 83032 03096 for a free trial class.
Can children play these?
Yes. Swara Sequence, Piano Path and Theka Runner are designed for ages 6+ with relaxed modes and instant feedback; the rest are fine for teens and adults. Parents can sit in โ the games double as lesson warm-ups.
Can I play offline or upload this to my own host?
Yes. The hub is plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript with no build step โ upload the games/ folder to any static host (cPanel shared hosting works) and every link resolves relative to it. Google Fonts needs a connection; without it the site falls back to system fonts and everything still works.