The Ancient Classical Sound of India’s Vichitra Veena

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Heard On The Odyssey Series
Album Cover, Inde du Nord – North India: The Art of the Vichitra Veena, Gopal Krishan, Latif Ahmed Khan, Ocora Radio-France, 2011.

The vichitra veena, a rare instrument and the modern form of the ancient ektantri veena, is a stringed slide instrument used in North Indian classical music, negotiated by plucking the strings…

Episode Credits

  • Dr. Jonathan Øverby Host
  • Tom Blain Technical Director

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