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Chitra Veena
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Chitravina
N Ravikiran:
Chitra Veena
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A plucked instrument
without frets. Resonator and finger board are made of jackwood. There
are five main strings, two of coiled copper and three drone strings; with
12 sympathetic steel strings and an extra resonator. Strings are plucked
by the plectrum worn on fingers of right-hand whereas the player stops
the strings to produce the notes with the help of a cylindrical piece
of wood called gottu by the left-hand. It is used in south Indian classical
music as a solo instrument.
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