Tambura Indian Instrument, Indian Instruments Compmusic

The word tanpura tanpoora is common in the north but in south india it is called tambura thamboora thambura or tamboora.

Tamburo movie cast. Kurdish tanbur used in yarsan rituals. In fact tanpuratanbur is a middle eastern corruption of the chaste sanskrit thamboora. Tanpura is a long necked plucked drone instrument from the lute family.

Styles of tambura the tambura is designed in three different styles namely miraj style tanjore style and tamburi style. The tambura providing a drone for a vocal rendition of a raga. So the tambura was used by many cultures.

Buy tanpura online tanpura for sale buy tambura for sale. The tanpura is known for its very rich sound. Turkish tambur instrument played in turkey.

Tambura may refer to. It is usually used in indian music. This instrument is also called by such names as tamburi tambour and tambur.

Cultural importance the tambura was named after the region where the tambura came from. Tambura also spelled tamboura tamburi or tandura long necked fretless indian lute. This instrument produces rich buzzing sound and is applied in order to attain the overtone rich sound.

This indian musical instrument is available with standard tuning. It resembles a sitar except it has no frets. From the fact that a sculpture of tambura is seen in a temple at tirumayam in south india it is thought that tambura originated from the south.

Tanbur a category of long necked string instrument originating in the southern or central asia mesopotamia and persiairan tanpura a stringed drone instrument played in india. The tambura accompanies traditional songs about india. The strings of the tambura are plucked one after another in a standard pattern in order to create a tonic resonance field in hindustani classical music.

In northern part of india it is commonly known as tanpura whereas in southern part it is known as tambura thamboora thambura or tamboorathe body shape of the tanpura is similar to tha. Tanpura is a drone instrument. The tambura is a long necked plucked instrument.

It has four strings tuned to the tonic. Yayli tambur also played in turkey. It is unfretted and round bodied with a hollow neck and four or five rarely six wire strings.

It does not play melody but rather supports and sustains the melody of another instrument or singer by providing a continuous harmonic bourdon or drone. Erroneously called tanpura by persianised parvenus the tambura is an august indian instrument of great antiquity. It has a hollow neck measures about 4060 inches 102153 cm in length and usually has four metal strings tuned relative pitch cccg or cccf.