Tamburica

Tamburica
String instrument
Classification	Plucked
Related instruments
	Chonguri; Dangubica; Samica; Tar (lute); Setar; Tamburica; Tambur (Turkey); Tambouras (Greece); Bouzouki (Greece); Buzuq (Lebanon); Tambura; Baglama; Šargija;

Tamburica (/tæmˈbʊərɪtsə/ or /ˌtæmbəˈrɪtsə/) or tamboura (Serbo-Croatian: tamburica / тамбурица, lit. 'little tamboura'; Hungarian: tambura; Greek: Ταμπουράς, romanized: Tampourás; sometimes written tamburrizza or tamburitza), refers to a family of long-necked lutes popular in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, especially Serbia (in Vojvodina, Mačva and Posavo-Tamnava), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia (of which it is the national string instrument), Slovenia, and Hungary (predominantly amongst its ethnic South Slavic minority groups). It is also known in Burgenland, Austria. All took their name and some characteristics from the Persian tanbur but also resemble the mandolin and guitar in the sense that its strings are plucked and often paired. The frets may be moveable to allow the playing of various modes. The variety of tamburica shapes known today were developed in Serbia and Croatia by a number of indigenous contributors near the end of the 19th century.^[1]

^ March, Richard (2013-11-14). The Tamburitza Tradition: From the Balkans to the American Midwest. University of Wisconsin Pres. ISBN 9780299296032.

[:1-1] March, Richard (2013-11-14). The Tamburitza Tradition: From the Balkans to the American Midwest. University of Wisconsin Pres. ISBN 9780299296032.

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