Tambura, tanbura

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Tambura, tanbura

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Explanation

The tambura, tanpura, tamboura or taanpura
is a long-necked plucked lute (a stringed instrument found in different forms and in many places). The body shape of the tambura somewhat resembles that of the sitar, but it has no frets – and the strings are played open. One or more tamburas may accompany other musicians or vocalists. It has four or five (rarely six) wire strings, which are plucked one after another in a regular pattern to create a harmonic resonance on the basic note (bourdon or drone function).
An electronic tanpura is often substituted in contemporary Indian classical music performance.

The name tanapura is probably derived from tana, referring to a musical phrase, and pura, which means "full" or "complete".



Tamburas come in different sizes and pitches: larger "males", smaller "females" for vocalists, and a yet smaller version is used for accompanying sitar or sarod, called tamburi or tanpuri.
The male instrument has an open string length of approximately one metre; the female is three-fourths of the male.

Tamburas are designed in three different styles:
Miraj style
Tanjore style
Tamburi
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tanpura sound ripples
in widening circles---
music room

Kala Ramesh

Haiku and Indian Music
source : Simply Haiku, Autumn 2005


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