Playing Veena

Pt. Siddhartha Banerjee
Music Guru | Sharda Music Foundation

[ 23 years Experience ]

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What is Playing Veena?

Pt. Siddhartha Banerjee: "The veena, comprises a family of chordophone instruments of the Indian subcontinent. Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps. The many regional designs have different names such as the Rudra veena, the Saraswati veena, the Vichitra veena and others. Siddha Veena is a stringed musical instrument its sound resembles that of Vichitra Veena, Sitar and Sarod, though with its own special character.It is a highly modified Slide Guita and the instrument is made of teak wood which is joint less. It has 21 strings 4 melody, 3 drone, 2 chikaris and 12 tarab (sympathetic strings)."

How I got into Playing Veena?

Pt. Siddhartha Banerjee: "After doing my schooling from BTIC Varanasi, I did BA in English Literature from Harishchandra PG College. My musical Journey started at the age 3, I m fourth generation musician in my family. My first teacher was my mother Vidhushi Jaya Banerjee, later I was trained by Dr. Shivnath Bhatacharya and Narendra Chakravarty. My first stage performance was at the age of 11, since then I have performed various shows worldwide. In 2018, I got Doctorate in Music (Sidha Veena)."

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What Is:
1)	Playing Veena

Education:
2)	Proper Training from Guru
3)	Riyaaz
4)	Gharana
5)	Music Theory

Skills:
6)	Focus and Discipline
7)	Passion and Perseverance
8)	Law of Karma
9)	Social Media
10)	Creativity

Positives:
11)	Inner Peace
12)	Music Therapy
13)	Respect and Recognition
14)	Spiritual Aspect of Music

Challenges:
15)	Lack of Right Guru
16)	Initial Struggle

A Day Of:
17)	Playing Veena