tamboura

tamboura
tamboura [täm boor′ə]
n.
Pers ṭambūra
a lutelike instrument of India, etc., usually with four strings, used to give a drone or ostinato accompaniment

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tam·bou·ra or tam·bu·ra (tŭm-bo͝orʹə) also tan·bur (tän-bo͝orʹ) n.
An unfretted lute of India and Turkey, used as a drone.
  [Urdu ṭambūra, from Persian ṭanbūra, from Arabic ṭanbūr. See tambour.]

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also spelled  tambura,  tamburi , or  tandura 

      long-necked fretless Indian lute. It has a hollow neck, measures about 40–60 inches (102–153 cm) in length, and usually has four metal strings tuned (relative pitch) c–c′–c′–g or c–c′–c′–f. Precision tuning is achieved by inserting bits of wool or silk between the strings and lower bridge and by adjusting small beads attached to the strings. In southern India the body of the tamboura is made of a hollow piece of jackwood, while in the north it is fashioned from a gourd. It is held in a vertical position, and the musician plays the instrument by plucking the strings while seated behind it. The tamboura supplies a drone accompaniment for both classical and folk music of South Asia, and it provides an essential tonal framework within which a singer or instrumental soloist develops the raga (melodic, modal, and rhythmic formula for Indian music composition and improvisation). It resembles the tanbur, the Middle Eastern lute from which it derives.

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