Saraswati veena (Ancient Carnatic veena lute)
~ String instrument
Description
Used in Carnatic tradition, named after goddess of art and music Saraswati, it is known since ancient times. Lute with a gourd sound resonator, it has 24 fixed frets, 7 steel strings (4 main & 3 drone).
Relationships
| from: | India |
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| used in: | carnatic classical |
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| part of: | veena (Family of ancient Indian lute-like chordophones) |
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| picture: | https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/veena/veena_saraswati_player.png [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q16155191 [info] |
