Gottuvadyam / Chitravina
 
                                              

         The Chitravina (Also Referred To As Chitra Veena, Chitraveena, Chitra Vina, Hanumad Vina, Or Mahanataka Vina, May Be Atwenty Or 21-String Fretless Lute For Carnatic Music Contend Principally In South Asian Nation Nowadays, Although Its Origins Will Be Copied Back To Bharata's Natya Shastra, Wherever It's Mentioned As A Seven String Fretless Instrument. It's Undergone Various Developments And Is Nowadays Among The Additional Outstanding Solo Instruments In Carnatic Music. It's Conjointly Usually Seen In Cooperative World Music Concerts And North-South Indian Jugalbandis.

         Around Late 1800s And Early Decennary, It Had Been Conferred Another Name — Gotuvadyam', (Often Miss pelt As Gottuvadyam, Gottuvadhyam, Kottuvadyam Etc.) By Sakha Avatar Rao From Thanjavur,WHO Was Chargeable For Transfer It Back To The Concert Scene. The Fretless Nature Of The Instrument Makes It The nighest Instrument To Vocal Standards. There Ar Six Main Strings Used For Melody That Miss The Highest Of The Instrument, 3 Drone Strings, And Concerning Twelve Sympathetic Strings Running Parallel And Below The Most Strings.

         The Approach To Standardisation Is In Some Ways That Almost Like The Sitar; In Alternative Ways That It's Almost Like The Saraswati Veena, However In Some Ways It's Distinctive. It's Contend With A Slide Sort Of A Guitar And Also The North Indian Vichitra Veena. The Primary 2 Fingers On The Proper Hand Ar Typically Used With Plectra To Pluck The Metal Melody Strings Whereas A Cylindrical Block Created Out Of Hardwood (Often Ebony), Buffalo Horn, Glass, Steel, Or Teflon Control By The Paw Is Employed To Slip On The Strings To Vary The Pitch. Sakha Avatar Raoaccustomed Consult With The Slide As 'Gotu' And Therefore The Name, Gotu Vadyam.

         The Chitravina Was Popularised In South Asian Country By Sakharam Rao Of Tiruvidai marudur. It Absolutely Waslater Haunted And More Popularised By Gotuvadyam Narayan Iyengar, WHO Was A Palace Musician Of The Previousstate Of Mysore. His Grandchild Chitravina N. Ravikiran (B. 1967) Plays The Instrument And Is That The Creator Of A Variant, The Navachitravina.

         Different Exponents Of The Instrument Embody Budaloor Krishnamurthy Shastri, A Narayana Iyer, Mannargudi Savithri Ammal, Allam Koteeshwara Rao, M V Varahaswami, Allam Durgaprasad And Chitravina Ganesa. Seetha Doraiswamy, Best-Known Additional As A Jal Tarang Performer, Plays Each The Chitraveena And Therefore The Balakokila, A Smaller Version Of The Chitraveena.