chitra veena (Large South Indian fretless Carnatic slide lute)
~ String instrument
Description
13th century or earlier South Indian fretless slide lute used in Carnatic music. Hollow body made of jack-fruit with a secondary resonator of hollowed out gourd, it has 6 main, 3 drone and 11-12 sympathetic strings with a sliding block of hardwood to vary pitch. Much like the North Indian vichitra veena is to the rudra veena, chitra veena is to the Saraswati veena.
Relationships
| from: | India |
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| used in: | carnatic classical |
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| derivations: | Hawaiian guitar |
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| part of: | veena (Family of ancient Indian lute-like chordophones) |
| Wikidata: | Q15717974 [info] |
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