http://www.metafilter.com/tags/chitravina Posts tagged with 'chitravina' at MetaFilter. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:21:59 -0800 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:21:59 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73517/Chitravina Ever heard a <a href="http://www.ravikiranmusic.com/chitravina.htm">chitravina</a>? It's a 21-stringed musical instrument from India, similar in appearance to the more widely-known <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/71710/The-veena-turned-up-to-11">veena</a>, but with a sonic character all its own, due in large part to the fact that it's fretless, and <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jWvEreR1yrk">it's</a> <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OipEZmlG1yw">played</a> <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wyP9ISX8Uv8">with a slide</a>. Here's an <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4665064">NPR feature</a> on the instrument's prime exponent, <a href="http://www.ravikiranmusic.com/index.htm">N. Ravikiran</a>. <small>[NOTE: embedded audio on that last link]</small> Here's the Wikipedia page for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottuvadyam">gottuvadhyam</a>, which is another name for the chitravina (there are several names, actually). You'll note the somewhat irritating promotion (self-promotion?) included in this page, though, of the indefatigable N. Ravikiran. But hey, whaddayugunnado? Ravikiran would appear to have a virtual worldwide monopoly on this 21-stringed beast! My previous posts on <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Carnatic">Carnatic music</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73517 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:21:59 -0800 Carnatic CarnaticMusic chitravina music musicalinstrument Ravikiran flapjax at midnite