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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. A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a Musical instrument that produces Sound by means of Vibrating strings In the Hornbostel-Sachs Hindustani Classical Music ( Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी शास्त्रीय संगीत Urdu: ہندوستانی شاستریے سنگیت 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 nineteenth century, of the surbahar, which allowed sitarists to more easily present the alap sections of slow dhrupad-style ragas. The Surbahar ( Hindi: सुर बहार also known as bass sitar) is a Plucked string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music The sitar ( Hindi: सितार Urdu: ستار Persian: سی تار) is a Plucked stringed instrument. The alap (Hindi pronunciation /ɑːlɑːp/ English pronunciation /ælɑːp/ is the opening section of a typical North Indian classical performance This article is about Dhrupad the genre of Indian classical singing

The rudra veena has a long tubular body with length ranging between 54 to 62 inches made of wood or bamboo . Two large-sized, round resonators, made of dried and hollowed gourds, are attached under the tube. Twenty-four brass-fitted raised wooden frets are fixed on the tube with the help of wax.

It is one of the three other major types of veena popular today. Veena (also spelled 'vina' Kannada: ವೀಣ Malayalam: വീണ Tamil: வீணா Telugu: వీణ is a Plucked stringed The others include vichitra veena and Saraswati veena. The Vichitra Veena is a Plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music. The Saraswati veena (also spelled Saraswati vina) is an Indian plucked String instrument. 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. Hindustani Classical Music ( Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी शास्त्रीय संगीत Urdu: ہندوستانی شاستریے سنگیت Geography Northern India lies mainly on continental India and a very small part of it lies on the Indian peninsula The Saraswati veena (also spelled Saraswati vina) is an Indian plucked String instrument. Carnatic music (also spelled Karnatak music or Karnatik music, and originally called Karṇāṭaka sangīta or Karṇāṭaka sangītam in India South India is the area encompassing India 's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union As Rudra is a name for the Hindu god Shiva, rudra vina literally means "the veena dear to Shiva. Rudra ( Sanskrit: रुद्रः is a Rigvedic god of the storm the wind and the hunt Shiva:(pronunciation; Sanskrit: शिव Śiva, lit "Auspicious one" One of the Trimurtis Shiva is the supreme God in the Shaiva "

Rudra Veena was modified as Shruti Veena by 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. Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar ( 14 March, 1929 – 28 September, 1990) popularly known as Z He modified and redesigned the Rudra Veena using bigger gourds, a thicker tube (Dandi), thicker steel playing strings (0. 45-0. 47 mm) and closed Javari that. This produced a soft and deep sound when plucked without the use of any plectrum (Mizrab).

Amongst the present day masters Ustad Asad Ali Khan is the foremost. He is also passing the tradition on to his son. Others include Ustad Shamsuddin Faridi Desai, Ustad Bahauddin Dagar and Beenkar Suvir Misra.

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Some famous Rudra Veena players are as follows:

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