VEENA
 Veena is yet another famous classical instrument of India and is
well known to be associated with the Goddess of learning, Saraswati and Narada, the
famous sage and musician (Hindu mythology).
Veena has seven strings, four for playing tunes and three for drone notes. These drone
notes help keep track of the rhythm called the ‘Tala’. A Veena player is
called a ‘Vainika’. Veena as an instrument went though many stages of
development. The modern Veena is seen to have around 24 frets while. Veena prior to this
was considered to be having less than 20 frets that were either fixed or movable.
Narada’s Veena called ‘Mahati’ must have been of this kind.
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