Rudra veena

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The rudra veena (also spelled rudra vina, and also called been or bin) is a large plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music. It is an ancient instrument, and is rarely played in the present day. The rudra veena declined in popularity partly due to the introduction, in the early 19th century, of the surbahar, which allowed sitarists to more easily present the alap sections of slow dhrupad-style ragas.

It is one of the three other major types of veena popular today. The others include vichitra veena and Saraswati veena. Out of these the rudra and vichitra veenas are used in Hindustani music of North India, while the Saraswati veena is used in the Carnatic music of South India. As Rudra is a name for the Hindu god Shiva, rudra vina literally means "the veena dear to Shiva."

Rudra Veena was modified as Shruti Veena by Dr. Lalmani Misra to establish Bharat's Shadja Gram and obtain the 22 Shruti-s

Z M Dagar was one of the 20th century's foremost exponents of the instrument. The present master is Ustad Asad Ali Khan, who is passing the tradition on to his son.

1 Films
2 See also
3 External links
- 3.1 Video

[edit] Films

The JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance (1990). Video 13 (of 30) (South Asia III). Produced by Ichikawa Katsumori; directed by Nakagawa Kunikiko and Ichihashi Yuji; in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. [Tokyo]: JVC, Victor Company of Japan; Cambridge, Massachusetts: distributed by Rounder Records. Features a performance of Raga Desh by Ustad Asad Ali Khan, accompanied by tambura and pakhawaj.

Some famous players: