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Tamburas

Scope note

Long-necked, fretless, plucked lutelike instruments of the Indian subcontinent, with a round-backed resonator and, traditionally, four metal strings, used exclusively to provide a humming drone accompaniment to vocal and instrumental melodies.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000224269

Equivalent Terms used

tambura

Created

13yrs ago

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