Tanbur

*Tanbur*
	Musician and luthier Ghobad Ghobadi (تنبورقبادی), a face of Yarsanism, plays a tanbur. Ghobadi makes tanburs in the Yarsan tradition.
String instrument
Classification	Plucked string instrument; fretted lute
Related instruments
	Bağlama (Saz); Bouzouki; Çifteli; Dotara; Dramyin; Dutar; Rawap; Pamiri rubab; Sataer; Setar; Sato; Setor; Sitar; Tambura; Tamboori; Tambouras; Tamburica; Kurdish tanbur; Turkish tambur; Yaylı tambur; Tanpura; Taar; Tembor;

The term Tanbur^[a] can refer to various long-necked string instruments originating in Mesopotamia, Southern or Central Asia.^[2] According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "terminology presents a complicated situation. Nowadays the term tanbur (or tambur) is applied to a variety of distinct and related long-necked lutes used in art and folk traditions. Similar or identical instruments are also known by other terms." These instruments are used in the traditional music of Iran, Iraq, India, Armenia, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan (especially Avar community), Pakistan, Turkey, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ Sohrabi, Dariush. "استاد قباد قبادی" [Master Qobad Qobadi] (in Persian). Master Qobad Qobadi...A scholar of the language...a tanbur player and tanbur maker...Master Qobad Qobadi was born in...the Dalahu region, in the Qolkhani tribe...devoted himself to learning the tanbur and the maqamat yari...Perhaps the turning point in Qobad Qobadi's life can be considered his entry into the field of Yarsan tanbur making...Yari's experience and knowledge of playing and his acquaintance with the noble authorities, along with the training in the techniques of tanbur making, soon turned the famous instrument named Qobad Qobadi into one of the most famous tanburs in Yarsan... In such a way that many masters and players of the instrument consider his instrument to be one of the highest quality tanburs used.
^ Scheherezade Qassim Hassan; Morris, R. Conway; Baily, John; During, Jean (2001). "Tanbūr". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. xxv (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan. pp. 61–62.
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^ McCollum, Jonathan (2014). "Tambur(iv) [tampur, tanbur, tanpur]." New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Second Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199743391.

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[1] Sohrabi, Dariush. "استاد قباد قبادی" [Master Qobad Qobadi] (in Persian). Master Qobad Qobadi...A scholar of the language...a tanbur player and tanbur maker...Master Qobad Qobadi was born in...the Dalahu region, in the Qolkhani tribe...devoted himself to learning the tanbur and the maqamat yari...Perhaps the turning point in Qobad Qobadi's life can be considered his entry into the field of Yarsan tanbur making...Yari's experience and knowledge of playing and his acquaintance with the noble authorities, along with the training in the techniques of tanbur making, soon turned the famous instrument named Qobad Qobadi into one of the most famous tanburs in Yarsan... In such a way that many masters and players of the instrument consider his instrument to be one of the highest quality tanburs used.

[grove-3] Scheherezade Qassim Hassan; Morris, R. Conway; Baily, John; During, Jean (2001). "Tanbūr". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. xxv (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan. pp. 61–62.

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[6] McCollum, Jonathan (2014). "Tambur(iv) [tampur, tanbur, tanpur]." New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Second Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199743391.

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