After I score good in my upcoming exams I'm gonna request my parents to get me a Veena :).. 🦋 I've learnt Casio keyboard and Harmonium previously but now I'm crazy about Veena. The beautiful and rich sound of a Veena is a treat to the ears! 💖😊 Looking forward to learn more from you in future ma'am. Your explanation is just mind blowing. 🌸💫
Hi Neha, nice to hear from you. I am glad that you are showing keen interest in this ancient instrument held by Goddess Saraswathi. Best wishes for your exams.
As a learner I have learned many techniques and information about tuning and playing the Veena through your wonderful videos ... Thank you very much madam .. I feel blessed by you…🙏🙏🙏🙏
I had tuned my Veena to C, which was sounding very dull not so good. I followed every step you taught in the video and tuned my Veena to E. Now my Veena sounds sharp and very nice. Thank you very much for your guidance 🙏🏻
Very nice ...very very clear for those who want to tune their veena..thank you very much ... I also liked the way you have stored your veena safely Thank you
Thank you madam.. will definitely watch ..if you don't mind .. maybi request you to send a picture of the cupboard you have made to safeguard your Veena ... I'm totally impressed by the design ... My emal gayathri.rau@gmail.com Thanks once again Gayathri
I'm an absolute beginner on the veena and normally go about tuning it with a commercial tuner phone app, which I use for guitar tuning as well. It has more or less worked for me. . But this session with Mala exposed a whole new way of tuning the veena with a drone accompaniment. Somehow the instrument feels more "in tune" this way.. So thanks madam for this wonderful lesson on the basics of veena tuning with a drone ..
Namaste Amma. I have started learning Veena from your videos (albeit on an electric guitar for now, as it is difficult to import a Veena to UK). It would of immense help to all of us, if you could kindly arrange the videos in an order (by prefixing a number). Thank you for your valuable time and effort in making these videos.
I m very grateful for demonstrating this tuning 🙏🙏 as I was not aware of this. it would be of great help if you focus more on the knobs, strings and peg . It’s my request 🙏🙏please ma’am
Thanks Venkata Suresh Babu. Steel strings, guages - 30,27,22,20 for the four main strings with the first string being 30. The talam strings will be 30,31,31
A very lucid explanation! Thanks. I have a request for clarification. Generally, one sets the tuner to E or F and then sets the SaariNi string to this Shruti. Then the Panchama would be B or C. As I know, as per the western system, the equivalent for Shadjam is C and Panchamam is E. So, my request is, why is it like this, the switch in the nomenclature....the SaariNi string is set to E or F in the tuner, and then Panchamam becomes B or C. I look forward to the clarification. I thank you in advance. Regards, Sakalam Sangeetam
Thanks for your comment. As per my knowledge, the 12 semitones in an octave are the same for all types of music and pitches are set as per the nature of the instrument and pitches given for compositions. Unlike in Indian classical music western classical compositions are set to different pitches. Hence even if an instrument is set to pitch B,C or F the composition pitch is what will determine where their starting point is. So there is no switch in nomenclature. If an instrument is set to pitch B or C it is as per universal music norms.
Firstly please accept my deepest regards/ pranams, Mam!! I have grown so fond of your channel and I truly admire how you come down to our level ( beginners) to explain the technique or concept. I consider it my fortune to have come across your channel online. I have a question, would it be wrong to use a Panotuner App On Iphone or Androids? Will we have to shift to Ishruthi as per your recommendation or is Ishruthi for advance students?
Thanks Divya. I hope your travel with my channel gets all your concepts put in place. I have never used a panotuner and hence cannot comment on it. If you are comfortable using it, then go ahead. I prefer ishruthi only because it gives the frequency of two relative notes, namely P and S which makes tuning really sharp.
@@malaviswanathan - I am thrilled at such a prompt response from your side mam, thanks for taking time to respond! If we had questions on your "watch and learn series", can we take the liberty to ask you our doubts? Would it be too much to ask you for this?
@@malaviswanathan madam the app shows pa or ma can u please tell me what I should use to tune my reference string with to get right sa note .I am a beginner . Thanks
I'm clear about tuning the Veena..But Madam Can u make a video for Stringing the veena especially the main strings tuning which we use mostly to play. . Plz..Can u help ..
Thanks Raghu for your observation. When we talk of the range of the instrument, we talk only about the built in octaves, which is 3 and half octaves. What we can do with it in terms of pulling and stretching is to do with the calibre of the artist.
Many a times this noise comes.from a loose fine tuner peg or an untuned 4 th string. Run your fingers over all the 7 fine tuning pegs and whichever is loose push it.down and tighten .Then adjust the pitch with the brigadai. Also tune the 4 th string.
Mam this video was very much helpful. I always got confused in this topic but now everything is clear after watching this. Mam can u pls tell which app u used from iPad
Thanks John for writing in. Yes, I am aware of the multiple frequencies coming from the tanpura app. When the main string of the Saraswathi Veena is set to pitch E, the rest of the three strings are B, E & B all subordinate to the main playing string. It therefore helps to have referral B 's while setting the E which is why I prefer this app to the unitone ones. 🙏
To tune the veena which app is suitable for tuning? I am very much new to the veena and bought recently. I want to know whether it is in fine tune Or not
Thank you mam for explaining it in detail. If I sing in suruthi A (sing while playing veena) how should I tune veena?? Please advise me when you get some time. Thank you kindly.
Thanks for writing in Arul. Your question warrants another video though I will try to explain here in brief. Tune your veena to E. Now your S/ Shadjama will be from the note M/Madhyama which is your Shruthi A. Starting from there you play your 7 notes. Will post a video on this for further clarity.
By lower octave what do you mean? How low? Please watch this video of mine to see how pitches can be handled without major pitch changes. Thanks for writing in Ishwarya. ruclips.net/video/Vn9sIQiHXPM/видео.html
Anu, if you are talking about the regular veena and ekanda veena,of course ekanda veena has better tonal quality. Lightness of an instrument depends on how thin the resonator has been scraped and how well it has dried up.
Hi Greg, With reference to the most comprehensive book on the instrument ' Veena' by Dr. K.S. Raghavendra Rao ,the first mention of the vana (as it was called in earlier times) came during the Rig Vedic period. According to Vedic literature when Indra visited the rituals conducted by priests, this instrument was played in his praise. There is no direct association between Indra and the Veena.. This is the instrument of Saraswathi the Goddess of learning. Thanks for your response.
@@malaviswanathan Thank you. I'm attempting to compose a concert (military) band piece about connections with Indra and Australia. I have been commissioned to write it. I'm after a musical key to write some of it in and was thinking about an Fminor tonality. Any suggestions for Western key signature?
@@gregbutcher3968 F minor is fine as long as the tempo is good eg.120, and you move into other relative keys before getting back to your original tone. Best wishes Greg!
@@BlossomsOfMysticalMusic Hi Vilasini. With respect to your question, I only have a mythological story as an answer. A dragon was disturbing a yagnya done by priests and they went and complained to Brahma for help. He in turn asked his wife Saraswathi to look into it. The dragon was mesmerized by her playing and he prayed to her to keep him by her side. How much of this is a fact I genuinely I do not know. This was told to me by my teacher. Thanks for reaching out.
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After I score good in my upcoming exams I'm gonna request my parents to get me a Veena :).. 🦋
I've learnt Casio keyboard and Harmonium previously but now I'm crazy about Veena. The beautiful and rich sound of a Veena is a treat to the ears! 💖😊
Looking forward to learn more from you in future ma'am. Your explanation is just mind blowing. 🌸💫
Hi Neha, nice to hear from you. I am glad that you are showing keen interest in this ancient instrument held by Goddess Saraswathi. Best wishes for your exams.
Thank ypu! This is the first video that fully explained the tuning of even the sympathetic strings. THANK YOU!
You are welcome.
It was a pleasure to hear you explain
You are a born teacher. God bless.
Thanks Dr.Thankamma for your kind words 🙏
As a learner I have learned many techniques and information about tuning and playing the Veena through your wonderful videos ... Thank you very much madam .. I feel blessed by you…🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thanks Vedanayaki
I had tuned my Veena to C, which was sounding very dull not so good.
I followed every step you taught in the video and tuned my Veena to E. Now my Veena sounds sharp and very nice.
Thank you very much for your guidance
🙏🏻
I am glad you had a wonderful tuning experience. Also watch the video "Range of the Saraswathi Veena, for better tuning experience
Thank you for making this very useful video. You are an excellent teacher. I was able to tune my Veena effortlessly.
I am glad you found it useful , Veena
Thank you Madam, for such an elegant presentation of a much needed tutorial, especially for beginners like me.
Best wishes
Very beautifully and clearly explained mam..
After my guru i found you only to explain very clearly
Thanks Likhitha
Mam are you taking up classes online.
Could you please let me know
Very nice ...very very clear for those who want to tune their veena..thank you very much ...
I also liked the way you have stored your veena safely
Thank you
Thanks Gayathri.Do watch the new metronome video and give your comments.
Thank you madam.. will definitely watch ..if you don't mind .. maybi request you to send a picture of the cupboard you have made to safeguard your Veena ... I'm totally impressed by the design ... My emal
gayathri.rau@gmail.com
Thanks once again
Gayathri
I'm an absolute beginner on the veena and normally go about tuning it with a commercial tuner phone app, which I use for guitar tuning as well.
It has more or less worked for me. .
But this session with Mala exposed a whole new way of tuning the veena with a drone accompaniment. Somehow the instrument feels more "in tune" this way.. So thanks madam for this wonderful lesson on the basics of veena tuning with a drone ..
Best wishes. If you are a beginner, you must follow my Watch And Play Series
ruclips.net/p/PLnCW-BChJGPM11NfIXa-R9UR_irDeNDEo&si=zYzxDaq3rC_s6maa
Thanks a lot, you have my respect and love mam ❤
Best wishes
Thanks a lot mam for explaining so clearly.
Keep watching
Very beautifully explained to tube the Veena ... Thank you so much mam...
Thanks Kavitha
a beautifully explained video, thanks so much for this
Thank you
Namaste Amma. I have started learning Veena from your videos (albeit on an electric guitar for now, as it is difficult to import a Veena to UK). It would of immense help to all of us, if you could kindly arrange the videos in an order (by prefixing a number). Thank you for your valuable time and effort in making these videos.
Kindly check this play list and you will find it in order of your learning
ruclips.net/p/PLnCW-BChJGPM11NfIXa-R9UR_irDeNDEo
@@malaviswanathan Thank you so much for your reply and providing me with the weblink. I should have checked this list carefully. Namaste 🙏
Nicely explained. Thank you.
Best wishes
Amazing, very useful to the new learner Mam.
Thanks and best wishes
Awesome... Thank you very much for the clarity given on the topic of tuning... I am a new student of Veena :)
Glad to note that you found this video useful. Also check the tala videos 1 and 2 . It is very important to start right away.
Yes... I shall go thru both of them... This is such a huge Ocean.. one life time is not enough i feel...
Abhijith ,do watch my new video on setting of the metronome and give me your feed back. Thanks
ruclips.net/video/DAiXekZAj6g/видео.html
I m very grateful for demonstrating this tuning 🙏🙏 as I was not aware of this. it would be of great help if you focus more on the knobs, strings and peg . It’s my request 🙏🙏please ma’am
Will try
Nadayoga thank you Ma’am
Very informative and useful video. Kindly provide the string material and gague of all strings madam.
Thanks Venkata Suresh Babu. Steel strings, guages - 30,27,22,20 for the four main strings with the first string being 30. The talam strings will be 30,31,31
@@malaviswanathan Thank you very much madam. 🙏
🙏, Thank you mam
Best wishes Manjula
Thank you so much ma' am. This was not known to me. Can you let me know what is the app you listen for tuning?
Shruthi is the app
Very clearly explained. Great job!
Thanks Uma
A very lucid explanation! Thanks. I have a request for clarification.
Generally, one sets the tuner to E or F and then sets the SaariNi string to this Shruti. Then the Panchama would be B or C.
As I know, as per the western system, the equivalent for Shadjam is C and Panchamam is E.
So, my request is, why is it like this, the switch in the nomenclature....the SaariNi string is set to E or F in the tuner, and then Panchamam becomes B or C.
I look forward to the clarification. I thank you in advance.
Regards,
Sakalam Sangeetam
Thanks for your comment. As per my knowledge, the 12 semitones in an octave are the same for all types of music and pitches are set as per the nature of the instrument and pitches given for compositions. Unlike in Indian classical music western classical compositions are set to different pitches. Hence even if an instrument is set to pitch B,C or F the composition pitch is what will determine where their starting point is. So there is no switch in nomenclature. If an instrument is set to pitch B or C it is as per universal music norms.
@@malaviswanathan Thank you very much for the clarification. Your presentations are very insightful! God / Goddess Bless!
Thank you so much mam..
Im very new to veena ...this helps me very much
Thanks. Do share the video with other students.
Its really very useful...thnx a lot
Thanks. I am glad you found it useful
Thank you Mam🙏
Keep watching
Thank you
Thanks
Firstly please accept my deepest regards/ pranams, Mam!! I have grown so fond of your channel and I truly admire how you come down to our level ( beginners) to explain the technique or concept. I consider it my fortune to have come across your channel online. I have a question, would it be wrong to use a Panotuner App On Iphone or Androids? Will we have to shift to Ishruthi as per your recommendation or is Ishruthi for advance students?
Thanks Divya. I hope your travel with my channel gets all your concepts put in place. I have never used a panotuner and hence cannot comment on it. If you are comfortable using it, then go ahead. I prefer ishruthi only because it gives the frequency of two relative notes, namely P and S which makes tuning really sharp.
@@malaviswanathan - I am thrilled at such a prompt response from your side mam, thanks for taking time to respond! If we had questions on your "watch and learn series", can we take the liberty to ask you our doubts? Would it be too much to ask you for this?
@@malaviswanathan madam the app shows pa or ma can u please tell me what I should use to tune my reference string with to get right sa note .I am a beginner . Thanks
Keep it at pa
Thank you very much.
Which app i have to download for tuning ?
Shruthi for android and ishruthi for iphones.
@@malaviswanathan thanks
I'm clear about tuning the Veena..But Madam Can u make a video for Stringing the veena especially the main strings tuning which we use mostly to play. . Plz..Can u help ..
Hi Murali check my video on stringing. ruclips.net/video/xCu6GACzkdM/видео.html
Can we pull the Sa of the adi taara sthayi to get ri, ga and possibly ma? This will allow us to say the veena can span 4 octaves?
Thanks Raghu for your observation. When we talk of the range of the instrument, we talk only about the built in octaves, which is 3 and half octaves. What we can do with it in terms of pulling and stretching is to do with the calibre of the artist.
Which veenai to buy in the beginner stage.. I think to buy for the learning the veenai mam.. Suggest me the which one to buy
Bharathi buy the Tanjore ottu veenai. While buying kindly mention that the veena should be light weight
Mam you are amazing. Just a small doubt. How to avoid unwanted noise which arise while playing ?
Many a times this noise comes.from a loose fine tuner peg or an untuned 4 th string. Run your fingers over all the 7 fine tuning pegs and whichever is loose push it.down and tighten .Then adjust the pitch with the brigadai. Also tune the 4 th string.
Thank you very much for the info mam ❤
Mam this video was very much helpful. I always got confused in this topic but now everything is clear after watching this. Mam can u pls tell which app u used from iPad
I used shruthi box, but it is not available anymore. You go for I Shruthi.
Note that the shruti box app is a virtual tanpura. It is not just producing an E note but two high B notes and a low B note as well.
Thanks John for writing in. Yes, I am aware of the multiple frequencies coming from the tanpura app. When the main string of the Saraswathi Veena is set to pitch E, the rest of the three strings are B, E & B all subordinate to the main playing string. It therefore helps to have referral B 's while setting the E which is why I prefer this app to the unitone ones. 🙏
Hello Mam, is there an app we can work with to match tuner at E? Thanks for all your help.
Rasila I don't recommend apps for this purpose. Training your ears to tuning , will improve your ability to play notes well.
Thank you. I will work on it.
I can’t find the app - or any apps regarding the tuning of veenas as veenas aren’t common in the U.S. but thank you aunty!
Look for Ishruthi on the app store or shruthi app on android. Else look for a piano or guitar tuner and take pitch E
@@malaviswanathan Can you link the app? Thank you.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mindlabs.iSruthi&hl=en_US&gl=US
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kuyil.shruti&hl=en_US&gl=US
To tune the veena which app is suitable for tuning? I am very much new to the veena and bought recently. I want to know whether it is in fine tune Or not
Shruti on Android and Shruthi box on Apple.
Is that a mandalin in the case???
Rashmi that is a veena too
Thank you mam for explaining it in detail. If I sing in suruthi A (sing while playing veena) how should I tune veena?? Please advise me when you get some time. Thank you kindly.
Thanks for writing in Arul. Your question warrants another video though I will try to explain here in brief. Tune your veena to E. Now your S/ Shadjama will be from the note M/Madhyama which is your Shruthi A. Starting from there you play your 7 notes. Will post a video on this for further clarity.
@@malaviswanathan thank you so much for your time in explaining it mam. Great to hear you will upload a video on this topic. Have a great day 🙏🙏
What is price of this veena
Good video
Thanks
Mam, i have a question. Those string adjustment woods makes me hard to reach lower Octave. Do u have any suggestions. Or plz make a video
By lower octave what do you mean? How low? Please watch this video of mine to see how pitches can be handled without major pitch changes. Thanks for writing in Ishwarya. ruclips.net/video/Vn9sIQiHXPM/видео.html
No mam I mean those adjusting woods.
@@ishuu0306 You mean the brigadai?
Which app u listen for d tuning madam let me know pls
Shruthi app on android or ishruthi on Apple
Which app can I use to play the veena. I'm new and want to learn more on how to play the veena
Natasha, there is no app to learn the veena. Subscribe my channel and see the watch and play along series
@@malaviswanathan ok. Thankyou
which is good ottu veena or the other &which one is liter?
Anu, if you are talking about the regular veena and ekanda veena,of course ekanda veena has better tonal quality. Lightness of an instrument depends on how thin the resonator has been scraped and how well it has dried up.
Mam which is the manthrasthayi panchamam in second string
The open note of the second string is Mandra Sthayi panchamam
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Thank you
Hi Mam, which app ur using for tuning?
Shruthi on Android and Ishruthi on Apple
Mujhe khalreedna hai..
Accha veena ka kaise pata chale kya kya hona chhiye usme mam
Accha veena pehla light weight rehna chahiye aur simple design.
@@malaviswanathan Weight kitna hona chahiye aur tonal quality ka pata kese chale ga
Kya online buy karsakte hain
@@jasvirsinghdoda8412 online kareed sakthe hain par reputed shops se. . Saptaswara Chennai sabse best hai.
mam can you pl . tell me the notes of second and fourth strings
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Kindly watch this Radha
Has the Veena got anything to do with Indra the God?
Hi Greg, With reference to the most comprehensive book on the instrument ' Veena' by Dr. K.S. Raghavendra Rao ,the first mention of the vana (as it was called in earlier times) came during the Rig Vedic period. According to Vedic literature when Indra visited the rituals conducted by priests, this instrument was played in his praise.
There is no direct association between Indra and the Veena.. This is the instrument of Saraswathi the Goddess of learning. Thanks for your response.
@@malaviswanathan Thank you. I'm attempting to compose a concert (military) band piece about connections with Indra and Australia. I have been commissioned to write it. I'm after a musical key to write some of it in and was thinking about an Fminor tonality. Any suggestions for Western key signature?
@@gregbutcher3968 F minor is fine as long as the tempo is good eg.120, and you move into other relative keys before getting back to your original tone. Best wishes Greg!
@@malaviswanathan My respectful greetings to you mam.. can you tell why yaazhi was placed in the veena?
@@BlossomsOfMysticalMusic Hi Vilasini. With respect to your question, I only have a mythological story as an answer. A dragon was disturbing a yagnya done by priests and they went and complained to Brahma for help. He in turn asked his wife Saraswathi to look into it. The dragon was mesmerized by her playing and he prayed to her to keep him by her side.
How much of this is a fact I genuinely I do not know. This was told to me by my teacher. Thanks for reaching out.
Mam do u take offline classes?
My student Lakshmi teaches and her number is 9769676244
What app u use mam for d shruthi
I use the Shruthi box on Apple and Sruthi on Android
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Thanks
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Thank you