CARNATIC

VEENA

Carnatic

The Veena, is a multistringed chordophone of the Indian subcontinent.It is an ancient musical instrument that evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps. The many regional designs have different names such as the Rudra veena, the Saraswati veena, the Mohan veena and others.The North Indian design, that has been used in classical Hindustani music, is a stick zither. It has a hollow body and two large resonating gourds under each end. It has four main strings which are melody type, and three auxiliary drone strings.