Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An unfretted lute of India and Turkey, used as a drone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Oriental musical instrument of the lute class, closely resembling the guitar or mandolin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) A stringed musical instrument resembling a lute but lacking frets, with a small round body and a long neck, used to produce an accompaniment for singing; -- called also
tambur ,tambour , andtampur .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
tambura .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This first song, "Om Tare," by the Hindu-leaning artist Angelika, is a rather enchanting vocal performance resting atop an autoharp, very light piano and the drone tamboura.
Ravenna Michalsen: Listening To Matra Music Ravenna Michalsen 2011
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For the first time in years, Laila hears music at Kabul's street corners, rubab and tabla, dooiar, harmonium and tamboura, old Ahmad Zahir songs.
A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled 2007
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Egyptian tamboura, with five strings, and covered with the skin of
Travels in Nubia 2004
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Some of her collaborations with CARLOS SANTANA and PHARAOH SANDERS utilize Indian instruments (the drone of the tamboura is often present).
A Guide to Classical Indian/Jazz Fusion by Allen Alley Cat Lutins 1994
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Personnel: Standard, plus Anton Denner (bassoon) and Diane Brown (tamboura)
A Guide to Classical Indian/Jazz Fusion by Allen Alley Cat Lutins 1994
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Personnel: Standard, plus Gary Todd (bass), Charles Campbell (conga), Anatol Arkus (synth), Aparna Chakravarti (tamboura)
A Guide to Classical Indian/Jazz Fusion by Allen Alley Cat Lutins 1994
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Well, as the ancient Greek bards sang their Achilles, using the lyre, and as the ancient Indian singers sang their Krishna with the help of the tamboura, so the Serbian epic singers accompanied with the gusle their songs on their hero of old, Marko.
Serbia in Light and Darkness With Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury, (1916) Nikolai Velimirovi�� 1918
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Furthermore, they have the divinity of Genesa, the god of wisdom, who is represented as a man with the head of an elephant holding in his hands a tamboura, a kind of lute with a long neck.
Brave Men and Women Fuller, O E 1884
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Furthermore, they have the divinity of Genesa, the god of wisdom, who is represented as a man with the head of an elephant holding in his hands a _tamboura_, a kind of lute with a long neck.
Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs 1867
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I was told that there are some men amongst them, who play the tamboura, a sort of guitar, but I never heard any of them perform.
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