DombyraGo — Learn Dombyra

DombyraGo teaches you to play the dombyra. You play your instrument, and the app listens through the microphone: it hears which string you plucked, which fret you pressed and whether you hit the beat. That's how it knows if you got it right.

You can start from zero. The course has six units of 3–5 minute lessons. First come the two strings and the strokes (qagys), then your first frets (perne), then the folk songs Erkem-ai and Qamajai. At the end you play your first kui, Tepenkök. Every move is shown in a picture, so kids can follow along too.

To tune your dombyra, use the built-in tuner. It checks the strings one at a time and shows which way to turn the peg.

If you already play, take a short check-in and the Repertoire opens. There you learn kuis section by section, and you can slow them down and loop a passage. Tepenkök and Kurmangazy's Adai are open now; we're still transcribing the rest.

Streaks, a daily goal and reminders help build the habit. You can set up several profiles, so the whole family can learn on one phone.

The app works offline. There are no ads or accounts, and no data is collected. The microphone is used only to recognize notes; sound is never recorded or sent anywhere.

The first 1000 users keep the whole app free, forever. DombyraGo will become paid later, but Units 1–2 and the tuner stay free for everyone.

The app supports Kazakh, Russian and English.