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	'''The''' '''chitravina''' (also known as '''chitra veena''', '''chitraveena''', '''chitra vina''', '''hanumad vina''', or '''mahanataka vina''') is a 20 or 21-string fretless lute-style [[veena]] in [[Carnatic music]]. Around the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it started to be known by another name, '''Gotuvadyam''' (often mis-spelt as '''gottuvadyam''', and '''kottuvadyam''' etc.), which was bestowed upon it by Sakha Rama Rao<ref>Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar's Memoires & Article, "Why the name Gotuvadyam" in 1950s</ref> from [[Tiruvidaimarudur]], who was responsible for bringing it back to the concert scene.		'''The''' '''chitravina''' (also known as '''chitra veena''', '''chitraveena''', '''chitra vina''', '''hanumad vina''', or '''mahanataka vina''') is a 20 or 21-string fretless lute-style [[veena]] in [[Carnatic music]]. Around the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it started to be known by another name, '''Gotuvadyam''' (often mis-spelt as '''gottuvadyam''', and '''kottuvadyam''' etc.), which was bestowed upon it by [[Sakha Rama Rao]]<ref>Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar's Memoires & Article, "Why the name Gotuvadyam" in 1950s</ref> from [[Tiruvidaimarudur]], who was responsible for bringing it back to the concert scene.

	Today it is played mainly in South India, though its origins can be traced back to Bharata's [[Natya Shastra]] (200 BCE-200 CE), where it is mentioned as a seven string fretless instrument. Sarangadeva (1210–47) also made a similar reference to the chitravina in his work, Sangita Ratnakara.		Today it is played mainly in South India, though its origins can be traced back to Bharata's [[Natya Shastra]] (200 BCE-200 CE), where it is mentioned as a seven string fretless instrument. Sarangadeva (1210–47) also made a similar reference to the chitravina in his work, Sangita Ratnakara.

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	The '''chitravina''' (also known as '''chitra veena''', '''chitraveena''', '''chitra vina''', '''hanumad vina''', or '''mahanataka vina''') is a 20 or 21-string fretless lute-style [[veena]] in [[Carnatic music]]. Around the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it started to be known by another name, '''Gotuvadyam''' (often mis-spelt as '''gottuvadyam''', and '''kottuvadyam''' etc.), which was bestowed upon it by Sakha Rama Rao<ref>Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar's Memoires & Article, "Why the name Gotuvadyam" in 1950s</ref> from [[Tiruvidaimarudur]], who was responsible for bringing it back to the concert scene.		'''The''' '''chitravina''' (also known as '''chitra veena''', '''chitraveena''', '''chitra vina''', '''hanumad vina''', or '''mahanataka vina''') is a 20 or 21-string fretless lute-style [[veena]] in [[Carnatic music]]. Around the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it started to be known by another name, '''Gotuvadyam''' (often mis-spelt as '''gottuvadyam''', and '''kottuvadyam''' etc.), which was bestowed upon it by Sakha Rama Rao<ref>Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar's Memoires & Article, "Why the name Gotuvadyam" in 1950s</ref> from [[Tiruvidaimarudur]], who was responsible for bringing it back to the concert scene.

	Today it is played mainly in South India, though its origins can be traced back to Bharata's [[Natya Shastra]] (200 BCE-200 CE), where it is mentioned as a seven string fretless instrument. Sarangadeva (1210–47) also made a similar reference to the chitravina in his work, Sangita Ratnakara.		Today it is played mainly in South India, though its origins can be traced back to Bharata's [[Natya Shastra]] (200 BCE-200 CE), where it is mentioned as a seven string fretless instrument. Sarangadeva (1210–47) also made a similar reference to the chitravina in his work, Sangita Ratnakara.

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{{About|the modern Indian lute|the 7-string Indian arched harp|Ancient veena}}
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|image_capt= [[N. Ravikiran]] (center) playing the navachitravina.
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*[[Vichitra veena]]
*[[Sagar Veena]]
*[[Surbahar]]
*[[Rudra veena]]
*[[Saraswati veena]]
*[[Sarod]]
*[[Sursingar]]
*[[Tanpura|Tambura]]
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The '''chitravina''' (also known as '''chitra veena''', '''chitraveena''', '''chitra vina''', '''hanumad vina''', or '''mahanataka vina''') is a 20 or 21-string fretless lute-style [[veena]] in [[Carnatic music]]. Around the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it started to be known by another name, '''Gotuvadyam''' (often mis-spelt as '''gottuvadyam''', and '''kottuvadyam''' etc.), which was bestowed upon it by Sakha Rama Rao<ref>Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar's Memoires & Article, "Why the name Gotuvadyam" in 1950s</ref> from [[Tiruvidaimarudur]], who was responsible for bringing it back to the concert scene.

Today it is played mainly in South India, though its origins can be traced back to Bharata's [[Natya Shastra]] (200 BCE-200 CE), where it is mentioned as a seven string fretless instrument. Sarangadeva (1210–47) also made a similar reference to the chitravina in his work, Sangita Ratnakara.

==Recent history==

The ''chitravina'' was popularised in South India by [[Sakha Rama Rao]] before his disciple [[Narayan Iyengar|Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar]] (1903 - 1959), who was a palace musician of the erstwhile [[States of Travancore and Mysore|states of Travancore & Mysore]] took it to great heights. Iyengar's son, [[Chitravina Narasimhan]] (b. 1941) was instrumental in spreading his father's stringing and tuning methods as well as playing style.

==Construction and tuning==
Since its first reference in the Natya Shastra, The Chitravina has undergone numerous developments and is today shaped like the South Indian Veena.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

There are six main strings used for melody that pass over the top of the instrument, three [[drone (music)|drone]] strings and 11 or 12 [[sympathetic string]]s running parallel to and below the main strings. Among the more prominent solo instruments in Carnatic music, it is also seen in collaborative world music concerts and north-south Indian [[jugalbandi]]s.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

The chitravina is generally tuned to G sharp (5 and 1/2) and played with a slide like a [[Hawaiian steel guitar]] and the north Indian [[vichitra veena]]. The approach to tuning is similar to the [[sitar]] in the context of the 11-12 sympathetic resonance strings (from the low Pa to high Sa), similar to the Saraswati veena in the context of the three drone (tala) strings (Sa-Pa-Sa), but is unique in terms of the top-layer main playing six strings, which are configured as 3 tonic strings (sa), 2 fifth strings (pa) and 1 base tonic string (sa). The 3 and 2 include an octave string which gives the instrument a unique tone.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

The fretless nature of the instrument, Narayana Iyengar's stringing methods have made its tone 'reminiscent of the human voice.'<ref>The New York Times, 27 Nov 1988</ref>

==Playing technique==

The first two fingers on the right hand are usually used with plectra to pluck the metal melody strings while a cylindrical block made out of [[hardwood]] (often [[ebony]]), [[African Buffalo|buffalo]] horn, glass, steel, or [[teflon]] held by the left hand is used to slide along the strings to vary the pitch.

==Contemporary use==
Narayana Iyengar's grandson [[Chitravina]] [[N. Ravikiran]] (b. 1967) plays the instrument and is the inventor of a variant, the ''navachitravina'' (which is typically tuned to B or C).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ravikiranmusic.com/chitravina.htm|title=CHITRAVINA|website=Ravikiranmusic.com|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>

Other exponents of the instrument include [[Budaloor Krishnamurthy Shastri]] (1894 - 1978), [[A Narayana Iyer]], [[Mannargudi Savithri Ammal]], [[Allam Koteeshwara Rao]] (1933 -), [[M V Varahaswami]], [[Allam Durgaprasad]], [[Chitravina P Ganesh]] (b. 1976), [[Madhavachar]], [[Kiranavali (Chitravina)]], [[Shashikiran]], [[Gayatri Kassabaum]], [[Lalitha Krishna]], [[Vishaal Sapuram]] and [[Bhargavi Balasubramanian]] , [[Anahita Ravindran]], [[Apoorva Ravindran]]. [[Seetha Doraiswamy]], known more as a [[jala tarangam]] exponent, used to play the Balakokila, a smaller version of the Chitravina.

==See also==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Natya Shastra, Bharata (2nd century BC-2nd century AD)
* Sangita Ratnakara, Sarangadeva
* Chitravina N Ravikiran website
* Journals of The Music Academy, Madras
* South Indian Music, Prof Sambamurthy

==External links==
*[http://www.ravikiranmusic.com/chitravina.htm Chitravina page] from N. Ravikiran site

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[[Category:Carnatic music instruments]]
[[Category:String instruments with sympathetic strings]]