tambouran.
/tamˈbʊərə/, /tamˈbɔːrə/, /ˈtambərə/, U.S. /tæmˈbʊrə/ a. A long-necked lute of the Near East and Balkans, with a pear-shaped body and a fretted neck. Cf. pandora n.2, tamburitza n.
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tamboura1585
orpharion1593
theorbo1605
stumpa1623
polyphone1655
polythore1661
poliphant1664
dyphone1676
archlute1728
oud1738
chitarrone1740
pandoura1797
pipa1838
yüeh ch'in1839
tamboura1864
saz1870
laud1876
opheriona1922
tiorba1940
plectrum lute1970
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. i. 69 b A thing very like vnto a Cittern, which they call Tambora.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 276 He would needs play on the Tamera,..an Instrument us'd by the Persians instead of the Lute.
1828 Asiatic Costumes 13 The tumboora in shape resembles the guitar more than any other instrument.
1909 M. E. Durham High Albania vi. 141 A man..came in with a tamboora and played.., his fingers plucking strange trills..from the slim, tinkling instrument.
1937 P. Thornton Dead Puppets Dance i. 19 I contented myself with drumming on the floor..and clapping the rhythms of the tambora players.
1975 L. Picken Folk Musical Instruments of Turkey iii. 220 This orientation..corresponds to one of the orientations adopted in preparing blocks of wood for Bulgarian tambura.
1983 Listener 20 Oct. 29/1 Saturday night's programme of Turkish music..was a continuous performance by the burbling, throaty flute called ney and the harsh, plucked instrument called the tanbur.
b. A long-necked fretless instrument of the lute family with a round body and usually four wire strings plucked by the fingers, and used to provide a drone accompaniment in Indian music.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > lute > types of lute
tamboura1585
orpharion1593
theorbo1605
stumpa1623
polyphone1655
polythore1661
poliphant1664
dyphone1676
archlute1728
oud1738
chitarrone1740
pandoura1797
pipa1838
yüeh ch'in1839
tamboura1864
saz1870
laud1876
opheriona1922
tiorba1940
plectrum lute1970
1864 C. Engel Music Most Anc. Nations 51 The tamboura..is at present in use, especially in Persia, Hindoostan, and Asiatic Turkey.
1875 C. Engel Musical Instruments v. 47 The Hindus..have also the divinity Ganesa, the god of Wisdom, who is represented as a man with the head of an elephant, holding a tamboura in his hands.
1891 C. R. Day Mus. & Mus. Instruments S. India vii. 103 The vina, the tamburi or tamburu-vina, and the kinneri still remain just as they are described in the ancient books.
1921 H. A. Popley Music of India vii. 110 The Tambūr is perhaps the most common stringed instrument in India.
1966 Punch 23 Nov. 770/2 The uncanny buzzing drone of a tambura, a four-stringed Indian instrument that looks like a bloated outsize wooden barometer.
1970 Daily Tel. 21 Sept. 9/1 She was singing..meanwhile plucking steadily at the drone-strings of her tanpoora.
1971 Illustr. Weekly India 25 Apr. 35/1 With Lata Mangeshkar sitting holding the tanpura, these inspirations would be shaped and sung and recorded.
1977 N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Dec. 41/3 Ram Dass had disembarked barefoot, wearing a long white robe and carrying a tamboura for chanting.
1980 A. Desai Clear Light of Day iv. 178 The tanpura player..strummed the tanpura strings as if in a mesmerised state.
1981 Ld. Harewood Tongs & Bones xvii. 264 He was surrounded by two other vocalists (one also playing the tambura).
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