This article is about the Turkish tambur. For similarly named instruments, see Tanbur. For other uses, see Tambura. For the surname, see Tamburi (surname).
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Tambur
Turkish tambur on the left
String instrument
Other names
Turkish tambur, Ottoman tambur
Classification
String instrument
Playing range
Related instruments
Tambouras
Tanbur
Bağlama
Saz
Yaylı tambur
Tamburica
Musicians
Cemil Bey
Tanburi Büyük Osman Bey
İzak Efendi
Tamburi Ali Efendi
Cemil Özbal
Necdet Yaşar
Abdi Coşkun
Sadun Aksüt
Ercüment Batanay
İzzettin Ökte
Refik Fersan
Mesut Cemil
Birol Yayla
Builders
Zeynel Abidin Cümbüş
The tambur is a fretted string instrument of Turkey and the former lands of the Ottoman Empire.[1] There are two variants, one of which is played with a plectrum (mızraplı tambur) and the other with a bow (yaylı tambur). The player is called a tamburî.[2]
^Scheherezade Qassim Hassan; Morris, R. Conway; Baily, John; During, Jean (2001). "Tanbūr". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. xxv (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan. pp. 61–62.
^Tambur Republic of Turkey - Ministry of Culture and Tourism
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