Veena lessons

We offer Veena lessons to children and adults minimum age 6. Vocal is also taught along with Veena. Students are taught fingering techniques to play along with raga and tala. It is a divine string instrument with beautiful sound.

How to buy Veena?
We recommend ordering online, because the veena comes to you in 10 to 15days to your door step. Else if someone is going to India they can bring along with them, you could save 150 dollars but you have to go thru the process of buying the box packing safely and checking it in etc.

What else do I need?
You would need veena pics, tuner, metronome and a three ring binder with sheet protectors to hold music notes. Bring the binder to every class.

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Are there different kinds of Veena?
Most popular is Saraswati Veena, other popular types of veena are chitraveena, vichitra veena, mohanaveena and rudra veena. Out of these the rudra and vichitra veenas are used in Hindustani music. People play both traditional and contemporary music on veena.

What is Saraswati Veena?
The Saraswati veena is an Indian string instrument. It is named after the Hindu goddess Saraswati, who is usually depicted holding or playing the instrument. Also known as Raghunatha veena. There are several variations of the veena, which in its South Indian form is a member of the lute family. Keyboard is convienient for small children or for adults.

How is Veena constructed? 
Veena is about four feet in length, its design consists of a large resonator kudam carved and hollowed out of a log usually of jackwood or any other locally available wood, a tapering hollow neck called dandi is topped with 24 brass or bell-metal frets set in scalloped black wax. A tuning box culminating in a downward curve and an ornamental dragons head is called yali.

A small table-like wooden bridge called kudurai—about 2 x 2½ x 2 inches—is topped by a convex brass plate glued in place with resin. Two rosettes, formerly of ivory, now of plastic or horn, are on the top board palakai of the resonator.

Four main playing strings tuned to the tonic and the fifth in two octaves for example, B flat-E flat below bass clef - B flat- E flat in bass clef stretch from fine tuning connectors attached to the end of the resonator across the bridge and above the fretboard to four large-headed pegs in the tuning box. Three subsidiary drone strings tuned to the tonic, fifth, and upper tonic (E flat - B flat- E flat in the tuning given above) cross a curving side bridge leaning against the main bridge, and stretch on the players side of the neck to three pegs matching those of the main playing strings. All seven strings today are of steel, with the lower strings either solid thick gauge wire or round wound.

What is ekanda veena and ottu veena?
If the veena is built from a single piece of wood it is called ekandaveena. Else it is called kanda veena or ottu veena, now there are electric veena and veenas with guitar pegs.