Veena O Veena

Veena is India’s national musical instrument. This is considered as queen of Indian instruments, which is played by the goddess saraswathi known as god for knowledge or learning in Hindu mythologies.
There are two types of veenas. One is called as Ottu veena and other is called as Eganda veena. The previous veena is made of two or three pieces of wood but the later is made up of single piece of wood. So, the quality of the tune coming out of it is very pure and the quality of the tone is perfect.
The types of veena with other classification are Mahanataka veena, Saraswati veena, Rudra veena, Vichitra veena etc. the sarasawthi veena is considered as queen veena. Veena has three parts namely resonator, neck or stem and head. The head normally resembles dragon or peacock head. Saraswathi veena is prepared from the jack wood as single piece. The other veena’s some time uses teak wood.
The veena is played by the sitting posture .The main body of the instrument rest on the ground and partially on the left thigh.
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