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Also known as tanboor, tanbour, tenbur, tambur, tembur, tambûr, tanbûr, tembûr

The term Tanbur can refer to various long-necked string instruments originating in Mesopotamia, Southern or Central Asia. According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "terminology presents a complicated situation. Nowadays the term tanbur (or tambur) is applied to a variety of distinct and related long-necked lutes used in art and folk traditions. Similar or identical instruments are also known by other terms." These instruments are used in the traditional music of Iran, Iraq, India, Armenia, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan (especially Avar community), Pakistan, Turkey, Tajikistan, Ka

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Instrument.name
Tanbur
Instrument.image
Ghobad ghobadi45677.jpg
Instrument.image_capt
Musician and luthier Ghobad Ghobadi (تنبورقبادی), a face of Yarsanism, plays a Kurdish tanbur. Ghobadi makes tanburs in the Yarsan tradition.
Instrument.background
string
Instrument.classification
Plucked string instrument; fretted lute
Instrument.related
Bağlama (Saz) Balkan tambura Bouzouki Çifteli Dotara Dramyin Dutar Rawap Pamiri rubab Sataer Setar Sato Setor Sitar Tamboori Tambouras Tamburica Kurdish tanbur Turkish tambur Yaylı tambur Tanpura Tar Tembor

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Tanbur - SMV - F564 01.tif
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Tanbur
Hornbostel-Sachs classification
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11 sections
Contents
  • Origins
  • Types
  • Kurdish Tanbur
  • Central Asia
  • Turkish tambur
  • Other plucked string instruments
  • Other instruments
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

The term Tanbur can refer to various long-necked string instruments originating in Mesopotamia, Southern or Central Asia. According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "terminology presents a complicated situation. Nowadays the term tanbur (or tambur) is applied to a variety of distinct and related long-necked lutes used in art and folk traditions. Similar or identical instruments are also known by other terms." These instruments are used in the traditional music of Iran, Iraq, India, Armenia, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan (especially Avar community), Pakistan, Turkey, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.

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