The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.50

c11.50

In the tunings for stringed instruments given later, the position of the strings is as if the instrument were held upright, body nearest the ground, with the finger-board facing the reader. It is to be noted that in instruments of the vina kind the order of the strings is reversed from that of sitars and the like, where the first string or chanterelle is always on the right.