Andhra Bani

Representative list of artists:
•Veena Venkatramanadas
•Shanmukeshwara Sastri
•Emani Sankara Sastri
•Ayyagari Syamasundaram
•Chitti Babu

Characteristics of Andhra style:
•Very elaborate right hand technique
•Sweet tone
•Use of high speed passages in rendering the ragam and tanam
•Variety of meettus and tonal variations (influence of western music, especially on Sri Emani Sankara Sastri’s playing – playing harmony/ seconds, playing on two frets/ strings at the same time)
•Tanam is replete with very lively, resonant and captivating instrumental effects
•Structure of veena: Lot of mango wood