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 FAQ · Instruments & artforms

# How are notes fingered on a venu?

 Updated 25 October 2026

 

On the **[venu](/en-int/instrument/venu)**, Sa is fingered with the first two holes covered. In the traditional style, ma takes six and a half holes or a cross-fingering, while the Shashank style closes six holes for ma. The eighth hole stays open except in special fingerings, in which the fingers of both hands cover all eight.



 

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