Veena

Veena

Veena may refer to one of several Indian plucked instruments:

With frets

  • Rudra veena, plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music
  • Saraswati veena, plucked string instrument used in Carnatic music

Fretless

  • Vichitra veena, plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music
  • Chitra veena or gottuvadhyam , plucked string instrument used in Carnatic music

Guitar

See also


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