page_title: Turkish tambur
hierarchical_section_title: Turkish tambur
caption_attribution_description: English: Some Greek string musical instruments in the Museum of Greek Folk Instruments in Athens. From left to right: Ottoman tambur, Greek Baglamas, Tambouras(?)
context_page_description: The tanbur is a fretted string instrument of Turkey and the former lands of the Ottoman Empire. Like the ney, the armudi kemençe and the kudüm, it constitutes one of the four instruments of the basic quartet of Turkish classical music a.k.a. Türk Sanat Müziği. Of the two variants, one is played with a plectrum and the other with a bow. The player is called a tanburî.
context_section_description: The tanbur (spelled in keeping with TDK conventions) is a fretted string instrument of Turkey and the former lands of the Ottoman Empire. Like the ney, the armudi (lit. pear-shaped) kemençe and the kudüm, it constitutes one of the four instruments of the basic quartet of Turkish classical music a.k.a. Türk Sanat Müziği (lit. Turkish Artistic Music). Of the two variants, one is played with a plectrum (mızraplı tambur) and the other with a bow (yaylı tanbur). The player is called a tanburî.
caption: Turkish tanbur on the left
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