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Chitral Patil

Sound

Music

Hindustani classical vocals, riyaz, and the discipline of listening.

Before AI, there was riyaz.

रियाज़ · स्वर · ताल

I started training in Hindustani classical music when I was around five. That training shaped how I think: patience, structure, improvisation, attention, and the ability to stay with complexity for a long time.

I've trained in Hindustani classical vocals since childhood. The practice taught me how to listen, how to repeat without getting bored, and how to improvise inside constraints — which, weirdly enough, is also how good systems and products are built.

Practice

What the training built

अभ्यास

Training

Hindustani classical vocals from childhood — years of riyaz before any line of code.

Raag

Improvisation inside strict structure: the same constraint-and-freedom that good systems live by.

Listening

Deep listening as a skill — catching the small thing that is slightly off, in a phrase or in a latency graph.

Listen

Performances & recordings

Recordings are being curated for this page — performance clips, covers, and original compositions.

A listening notes / raag diary section will live here too.

in progress