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Definition of tanpura in English: tanpuranountʌnˈpuːrə A large four-stringed lute used in Indian music as a drone accompaniment. Example sentencesExamples - There are four main families of musical instruments in Pakistan and more than six hundred Pakistani musical instruments; the most well known are the sitar, veena, rabab, sur mandal and tanpura.
- She studied the vina and the tanpura.
- The head said the school worked hard to give the youngsters the chance to try out a range of instruments from different cultures, including African drums and Asian sitars and tanpuras.
- The dhindis, typically, comprise a kirthankar (a lead singer and group leader), who could be of either gender, carrying a tanpura (stringed instrument).
- In this trio setting, Singh's amplified tablas are the main focus, punching out loudly over a thin-sounding sarangi and a tanpura drone.
- The shruti from two tanpuras set the stage for an hour-long performance.
- Youngsters are learning the Tabla and Tanpura.
- The only other essential instrument is the tanpura, whose open strings are plucked continuously all evening, providing an organ-like background.
- From the tanpura to the violin all those who chance to visit Dakshinachitra then, can touch, feel and try playing some of them.
- He has talked of trying to de-stress himself while writing with tanpura strumming and raag alap.
- Tanpuras come in different sizes and pitches: bigger ‘males’ and smaller ‘females’ for vocalists and yet a smaller version that is used for accompanying sitar or sarod, called tamburi or tanpuri.
- He told me that once he sits down for practice with the tanpura, he does not get up for four to five hours!
- She signalled to her maid to fetch the tanpura from the corner.
- In fact, she played tanpura for several Indian musicians in New York concerts between the years 1958 and 1967.
- Particular emphasis is placed on the advent of electronic instrumentation, such as digital tablas and tanpuras and experimentations in fusion music.
- The ubiquitous drone is there, of course, now provided by the tanpura (a four to six stringed fretless instrument made of wood and usually combined with gourd).
- The new recorded sruti device, while cutting out the laborious transportation of the tanpura with its resonator and providing a drone like effect, can never match the sound of the original filling the auditorium with its resonance.
- Whether singing an Indian inspired song with a tanpura, rocking out at the piano, calling out over electronic samples or screaming over an electric guitar, she likes to make her performances a unique experience each time.
- Instead of the old traditional musical instruments like the tanpura and the tabla, the instruments used in a remix are digital drums and synthesisers, and even the voice of the singer can be and is electronically manipulated.
- She also studied Sanskrit and learned to play the musical instruments the vina and tanpura.
Origin Mid 19th century: variant of tamboura. |