Tambora instrument

Contextual Associations The tambura is a plucked box lute chordophone used as a drone instrument in both the Hindustani (northern) and Karnatak (southern) classical traditions of Indian music. The tambura pictured here is for use in tambura in performances featuring his or her teacher. Description The resonator section of the tambura is constructed from three components: a large bottleneck gourd the top third (its neck and shoulders) of which is removed and then about another third of the resulting open bowl is removed with a vertical cut; a new shoulder of wood is carved that roughly mimics the shape and thickness of the shoulder of the gourd that was removed but which is truncated with a vertical cut that matches the second cut to the original gourd; and a slightly convex, teardrop-shaped board carved from a thin plank of wood. The wood shoulder is glued to the top of the cut-down gourd, and then the teardrop-shaped board, which will function as the resonator’s soundboard, is attached with glue to the open face of the gourd/shoulder unit, resulting in a hollow resonating chamber that is similar in shape to a gourd but which has one nearly flat side. The second main component of the tambura body is the long neck/pegbox unit, the lower end of which is securely connected to the terminus of the resonator’s shoulder/soundboard with a tenon joint and nails. The neck/pegbox is itself hollow and constructed from two pieces of wood: one long U-shaped trough of consistent width an...

It’s finally here! We are proud to present Colombia, a region in the Caribbean and South America. We have designed this virtual instrument so that you can play it easily, offering multiple ways to use it. You get in a nutshell: one multisampled Tambora, two mixes of seven mics, loops, sequencers, MIDI grooves, sound design elements, effects and more! Tambora is part of the New World Collection. The New World Collection is a growing series of sample libraries dedicated to the musical instruments of the “New World” ( mundus novus), named “America” after Amerigo Vespuccio. In our productions we collaborate with musicologists, composers and performers to integrate the cultural and historical background into the final product. This means that additional material such as sheet music and learning resources will be available alongside the virtual instrument, plus updates. Colombian rhythms are vibrant, unique and contagious. Tambora includes 80 traditional loops and rhythm patterns, some previously unknown to music industry audiences. You can stretch the loops at will to match them to the desired tempo, plus they run in sync to your DAW. It also comes with 158 grooves, fully editable in the sequencer (seven sequencers to load different grooves, activated by key switches). And you can also export your grooves as MIDI files to your favorite folder and by drag and drop to your DAW! To go beyond the traditional palette, Tambora comes with a collection of 41 sound design elements, stre...

(October 15, 2013 to January 31, 2014) Traditional Ilocano Drums of Ilocos Norte The drum is one of man’s oldest and more widely used musical instrument. Found in highly developed cultures as well as underdeveloped societies, it comes in various sizes, forms and used in many ways for different occasions. A tambor (drum) produces sound by vibrations of a stretched membrane when struck and instruments like these are also known as membranophones. The tambor is also categorized as a percussion instrument. The tambor is made from animal hide stretched on both ends of a cylindrical hallow trunk of a Damortís (Manila tamarind, scientifically known as Pithecellobium Dulce), known as the drumshell. The membrane covers both the sides of the drumshell, the top portion, being the drumhead. The drumhead is struck with a stick made from Belláng (Palma Brava) wood known as the beater or the drumstick. In Ilocos, the tambor has played an important part in special town and church related events, which is why each town used to have its own band of tamboreros. Diana is a custom where the tamboreros parade around the town early in the morning to gather the townsfolk signaling the start of a mass or procession for church events like the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8 and other important feasts, and to spark excitement to kick off a town fiesta celebration. During the Spanish times, a town crier was employed to rouse the townsfolk with his drum, gathering them to make announce...

Bulgarian tambura 321.322 Developed Serbia,Bulgaria and Macedonia The tambura is a stringed instrument that is played as a folk instrument in The Bulgarian tambura [ ] The Bulgarian tambura has 8 steel strings in 4 doubled courses. All the courses are tuned in unison, with no octaves. It is tuned D3 D3, G3 G3, B3 B3, E4 E4. It has a floating bridge and a metal tailpiece. The instrument body is often carved from a single block of wood. The Macedonian tambura [ ] The Macedonian tambura has 4 steel strings in 2 doubled courses. It is tuned A A , D D ( or another pitch but at the same relative intervals of a fourth) when playing melodies based on A tonic upon A drone. It also may be tuned G G , D D (o r another pitch but at the same relative intervals of a fifth) when playing melodies based on G tonic upon G drone. Sometimes octave strings are used on the lower course. It has a floating bridge and a metal tailpiece. The instrument body is more often made from staves like a lute. Playing technique [ ] It is played with a plectrum, playing short tones which are plucked from the top down, while playing long tones with fast tremolo. For solo playing or to accompany a singer, they are played in the traditional manner, which is to play a melody on the highest course whilst using the other course or courses as a drone. The more modern way, which is more used in orchestras or other groups, is to play single line melodies using all courses. Form [ ] Both varieties of tambura have a lon...

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Tambura is an Indian music instrument, which is known by the name of Tanpura in North India. It is unfretted and round-bodied, with a hollow neck and four or five (rarely six) wire strings. The strings of the Tambura are plucked one after another in a standard pattern, in order to create a tonic resonance field in Hindustani classical music. The instrument comes in different sizes, with the larger ones known as the 'males', while the smaller ones known as 'females'. The male Tambura has an open string, which is approximately one meter in length. On the other hand, the string of a female Tanpura is only three-fourth of an inch. The standard tuning of a Tanpura is 5-8-8-1 (sol do' do' do). In Indian sargam, it comes out to be PA sasa SA. In the five stringed tambura, the seventh or NI (natural minor or major 7th) is added with the music coming out as PA-NI-sa-sa-SA (5-7-8-8-1) or MA-NI-sa-sa-SA (4-7-8-8-1). The principle of jivari, which produces rich buzzing sound, is applied in order to attain the overtone-rich sound. Read on to get complete information on this amazing instrument, Tambura. History Etymology suggests that Tambura is derived from two words, 'tana' referring to musical phrase and 'pura' meaning complete. However, musicians believe that Tambura is the modified version of Veena, a musical instrument that has been in existence in Indian tradition since ancient times. We have seen Goddess Saraswati with a Veena in her hand. Even Rig Veda, one of the oldest surviv...