tambur


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tambur

(ˌtæmˈbʊə) or

tambura

n
(Instruments) other names for tamboura
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Don Victoriano Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Action Officer Raul Tambur said 80 residents failed to go to their respective evacuation pickup points due to the ongoing encounter and instead took shelter at the barangay evacuation center.
The Sufi poet was also a musician who played the five-stringed instrument he named 'dambur', a modification of Central Asia's four-stringed 'tambur'.
Developing a new testing algorithm Tambur et al studied the effects of altering the testing procedure on the transplantability of sensitized recipients and the success of transplantation.
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Among other instruments, he plays the Cretan lyra, Afghan rabab, lute, Constantinople lyra, sarangi, oud, saz, and the tambur. He is a unique composer, creating his compositions from wonderful combinations of several of the traditional sounds he has studied.
Typical instruments include the kanun (a zither-like instrument with 72 strings), tambur (a long-necked stringed instrument similar to the mandolin), ud (like a lute), ney (a reed flute) and saz (a small lute).
" National music," explains Aimal, " uses traditional instruments such as the rubab, tambur, zerbaghaly and the Indian harmonium." The band has purchased a few of them from the music shops of Daryaganj, on their first trip to India.