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- noun A
plucked stringed instrument used mostly inCarnatic Indian classical music.
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Examples
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Geetha Ramanathan Bennett played an instrument called a veena that I confused with a sitar becausae I'm stupid about world music.
Archive 2008-05-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008
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Geetha Ramanathan Bennett played an instrument called a veena that I confused with a sitar becausae I'm stupid about world music.
The Fine Art of Improvisation Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008
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i want to know if there is any teacher who teaches 'veena' in valsaravakkam. contact number please!!? en Español
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She rides a swan and sits, peacefully playing her veena.
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Like his father, Salil plays a specially designed instrume nt that's a cross between the Indian veena and a guitar; here it's used not just for Indian-influenced fusion pieces, driven on by the fine tabla playing of Cassius Khan, but for unexpected excursions into Americana.
Slide to Freedom (featuring Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt): 20,000 Miles – review 2011
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Here is the new video from the international collective Playing For Change, "Groove in G," featuring a pulsating bed of Indian, African, Jamaican and Brazilian percussion colored by subtle accents from sitar, veena and sarod.
Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Video Exclusive: Playing For Change's "Groove In G," Plus A Conversation With Author Paul Samuel Dolman Mike Ragogna 2011
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Here is the new video from the international collective Playing For Change, "Groove in G," featuring a pulsating bed of Indian, African, Jamaican and Brazilian percussion colored by subtle accents from sitar, veena and sarod.
Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Video Exclusive: Playing For Change's "Groove In G," Plus A Conversation With Author Paul Samuel Dolman Mike Ragogna 2011
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She rides a swan and sits, peacefully playing her veena.
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Here is the new video from the international collective Playing For Change, "Groove in G," featuring a pulsating bed of Indian, African, Jamaican and Brazilian percussion colored by subtle accents from sitar, veena and sarod.
Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Video Exclusive: Playing For Change's "Groove In G," Plus A Conversation With Author Paul Samuel Dolman Mike Ragogna 2011
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Here is the new video from the international collective Playing For Change, "Groove in G," featuring a pulsating bed of Indian, African, Jamaican and Brazilian percussion colored by subtle accents from sitar, veena and sarod.
Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Video Exclusive: Playing For Change's "Groove In G," Plus A Conversation With Author Paul Samuel Dolman Mike Ragogna 2011
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