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The Vichitra Veena is the modern form of ancient Ekatantri Veena. [2] It is made of a broad, fretless, horizontal arm or crossbar (dand) around three feet long and six inches wide, with two large resonating gourds (tumba), which are inlaid with ivory and attached underneath at either end.
Vichitra veena and Chitra veena or gottuvadhyam do not have frets. It sounds close to humming human singer. The Vichitra veena is played with a piece of ovoid or round glass, which is used to stop the strings to create delicate musical ornaments and slides during a performance. [32] Sitar is a Persian word meaning three strings. [35]
It is also known as chitravina (Sanskrit: चित्रवीणा), chitra veena, chitraveena, chitra vina, hanumad vina and mahanataka vina. Today it is played mainly in South India, though its origins can be traced back to Bharata's Natya Shastra (200 BCE-200 CE), where it is mentioned as a seven string fretless instrument.
The structure of instruments in their modern evolution is discussed in the ninth chapter, with ample details for building them from scratch despite there being meager details available in ancient texts. This chapter discusses several modern instruments like Vichitra Veena, Rudra Veena, Sarod, Dilruba, Santoor, Sitar etc.
Vichitra veena: Pandit Gopal Krishan Sharma (1926–2004) was an exponent of Vichitra Veena, an ancient Indian musical instrument. Early life and Musical Training ...
Veena, Saraswati veena, Vichitra veena, Chitra veena, Pinaka vina, Ālāpiṇī vīṇā The Rudra veena ( Sanskrit : रुद्र वीणा ) (also spelled Rudraveena [ 1 ] or Rudra vīnā [ 2 ] )—also called Bīn in North India [ 3 ] —is a large plucked string instrument used in Hindustani Music , especially dhrupad . [ 2 ]
Lalmani Misra (1924–1979) was an Indian musician, musicologist, and innovator in Hindustani classical music.Renowned for his expertise in sitar, vichitra veena, and musicology, Misra contributed significantly to the preservation and development of Indian classical music.
This category includes musicians of Veena-genre of instruments, commonly used of Indian classical music, including Saraswati veena, Rudra veena, Vichitra veena and Chitra veena. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.