I am pleased and excited to release KrithiBook, an app for iPhone/iPad and Android smart phones and tablets. I am sure many of you would find it useful on a continual basis. The app is regularly priced at $9.99, but is now available for an introductory price of $7.99 till Jan 15th - as a december music season special (in India it would be rupee equivalent). The price is less than a price of music CD (in most places), but I think it would be much more than a "few times listen" item, and would serve as a reference during concerts as well as during other times.
KrithiBook is an essential companion app for all Carnatic Music connoiseurs! It is a handy quick reference to more than 3000 songs (krithis) featuring most of the major Carnatic Music composers. For each song, the title, the raga (with mēḷa, ārōhaṇa, avarōhaṇa), the tala and the composer is provided. All informaton is cross-referenced in multiple ways resulting in a simple, yet powerful storehouse of knowledge!
KrithiBook is bound to come to handy to many of us during a carnatic music concert to look up information about songs being rendered. However, even at other times, it is an invaluable knowledge-base on carnatic music for finding answers to many questions such as:
- Which of the composers composed in a certain raga - say ābhōgi?
How many songs did tyāgarāja compose in a raga, e.g. pantuvarāḷi? What are they?
What is the ārohaṇa and avarōhaṇa of a raga - say andhāḷi?
Who composed the varnam in nārāyaṇagauḷa?
What songs are part of the nīlōtpalāmbā kṙtīs composed by dīkṣitar?
What songs are part of the nauka caritramu opera composed by tyāgarāja?
KrithiBook also features a "fuzzy" search that is extremely flexible and can find a song even if you provide only an approximation of its spelling. For example, sItamma maayamma, seetamma mayamma, seethamma mayamma will all locate the song sītamma māyamma by tyāgarāja.
All these features make KrithiBook indispensable to carnatic music rasikās with smartphones all over the world! Expand your knowledge on composers, krithis and ragas! Impress your friends!
Please visit http://arunk.freepgs.com/krithibook to take a look at the screenshots as well as a short video demonstration of the capabilities of the app.
Please spread the word around to your friends and relatives who may own smart-phones and would find such an app useful.
Thanks
Arun